Chronic intervertebral disk herniation associated with fused vertebrae treated by vertebral lateral corpectomy in a cat.

Chronic intervertebral disk herniation associated with fused vertebrae treated by vertebral lateral corpectomy in a cat.

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2009;22(2):170-3

Authors: Malik Y, Konar M, Wernick M, Howard J, Forterre F

A 10-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat was admitted for chronic ambulatory paraparesis and a spinal malformation. The clinical examination revealed paraparesis accentuated on the left side. Thoracolumbar radiographs revealed a spinal malformation with a narrowed intervertebral space between L1 and L2, and a dorsal fusion at the level of L2-L3 with a common dorsal process. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intervertebral disk herniation with a ventral compression of the spinal cord at the level of L1/2. A standard vertebral lateral corpectomy with a foraminotomy was performed with a good outcome.

PMID: 19290402 [PubMed - in process]