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Successful medical management of an epidural abscess in a dog
Author(s) -
RomeroFernandez Nora,
JoséLópez Roberto,
Durand Alexane,
GutierrezQuintana Rodrigo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2017-000448
Subject(s) - medicine , meloxicam , lameness , surgery , neck pain , abscess , lesion , presentation (obstetrics) , radiography , vertebral column , spinal cord , gabapentin , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
A seven‐month‐old entire male dobermann presented with acute onset neck pain and left thoracic limb lameness. The dog had a similar episode eight weeks before presentation that responded to meloxicam. A cervical spinal epidural abscess secondary to Staphylococcus pseudintermedius bacteraemia was diagnosed following investigations, including MRI of the cervical vertebral column and blood cultures. Treatment with cephalexin, gabapentin and meloxicam was started. The dog was doing clinically well one month later. A control MRI and radiographs of the cervical vertebral column showed evidence of discospondylitis and resolution of the primary lesion, therefore the treatment course with cephalexin was continued. Three months after initial presentation the clinical signs had resolved, radiographs showed improvement of the discospondylitis and antibiotics were stopped. Seven months later the dog continued doing well with no relapse.