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Computed tomographic characterisation of vertebral osteomyelitis in a goat kid
Author(s) -
Szafranski Nicole Marie,
Castel Aude,
Hespel AdrienMaxence,
Dore Vincent
Publication year - 2020
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-2019-001015
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebral osteomyelitis , tetraparesis , osteomyelitis , vertebral column , pathological , radiography , computed tomographic , radiology , computed tomography , anatomy , surgery , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging
A one‐month‐old male goat kid presented with a three weeks’ history of progressive neurological deficits and progressive tetraparesis. Initial therapeutic strategy with antimicrobial, anti‐inflammatory and selenium supplementation only partly relieved clinical signs. Digital radiographs were performed antemortem and revealed a pathological fracture of the vertebral column. A CT scan was performed immediately postmortem. The imaging revealed lysis of the vertebral bodies of T8, T9, T12 and T13 and focal narrowing of the vertebral canal consistent with infectious osteomyelitis of the thoracic vertebral column. Histopathological examination and microbiological testing confirmed a multifocal discospondylitis and vertebral osteomyelitis of mixed bacterial origin.