Clinical cases

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Clinical cases

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Clinical cases

IVR Archive

Dog, 5 y/o, male, Pug – Spinal Arachnoid Diverticulum

Giuseppe Lacava

 

Progressive paraparesis.

Not painful at thoraco-lumbar palpation.

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RESULTS

Saccular dilatation of the sub-arachnoid space at the level of T11 resulting in severe caudal thoracic compressive myelopathy. Myelography demonstrated the typical teardrop-shaped widening of the contrast column at the site of the SAD

DIAGNOSIS

Myelographic diagnosis of Spinal Arachnoid Diverticulum (SAD)

Concomitant hypoplasia/aplasia of the caudal thoracic articular vertebral facets (T11, T12 and T13).