USE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC MYELOGRAPHY FOR ASSESSMENT OF SPINAL TUMORAL CALCINOSIS IN A DOG |
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| Authors: | Luc M Van Ham DVM Henri J van Bree DVM PhD Mulenda Tshamala DVM Hendrik Thoonen DVM |
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| Institution: | Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology (Van Ham, Mulenda), the Department of Medical Imaging (van Bree) and the Department of Pathology (Thoonen), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium. |
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| Abstract: | Spinal tumoral calcinosis is reported in a Berner sennenhund puppy. The condition was manifested clinically as a non-ambulatory tetraparesis associated with neck pain. On survey radiographs there was a focal calcified mass at the atlantoaxial articulation. Computed tomography and computed tomographic myelography gave additional information on the extent of the mass and on the degree of spinal cord compression. The mass was removed surgically and the dog made a complete recovery. |
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| Keywords: | computed tomography computed tomographic myelography tumoral calcinosis dog |
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