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Caudal lumbar disc disease presenting as ‘praying position’‐like posture and gait
- Source :
- Veterinary Record Case Reports. 3
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2015.
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Abstract
- A 10-year-old Border collie and a five-year-old Domestic shorthaired cat are reported with a ‘praying’-like posture as clinical presentation for caudal lumbar disc disease. Neurological examination localised to L6-S3 spinal cord segments or nerve roots. Advanced diagnostic imaging revealed disc herniations at L7-S1 vertebrae in the dog and at L6-L7 vertebrae in the cat. The dog improved significantly with conservative treatment whereas the cat underwent a decompressive dorsal laminectomy followed by complete resolution of his clinical signs. This unusual posture leads to increased space for the cauda equina within the vertebral canal by widening the caudal lumbar intervertebral spaces and thus suspected to alleviate the pain more successfully compared with a normal posture. A ‘praying position’-like posture has not been reported as a clinical manifestation for caudal lumbar disc disease in a dog and a cat, yet should be considered as a differential diagnosis for this unusual pain relief posture.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Neurology
General Veterinary
Nerve root
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Cauda equina
Laminectomy
Neurological examination
Anatomy
Spinal cord
medicine.disease
Surgery
Lumbar
medicine.anatomical_structure
Medicine
business
Lumbar disc disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20526121
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Veterinary Record Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........504772415999c540b4a068ea3ff7433b
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2014-000139