Key points of common spinal conditions Flashcards
How many and where are most cases of thoracolumbal intervertebral disease?
T10-L2
85%
What is the most common location of cervical disease in patients with cervical intervertebral disc disease?
C2-C3
Who and at what age does usually Hansen type I disc extrusion happen?
Hansen type I disc extrusion
- Chondrodystrophic breeds
- <5 years
Who and at what age does usually Hansen type II disc protrusion happen?
Hansen type II disc protrusion
- non-chondrodystrophic, large breed dogs
- later in life
What is ANNPE and what causes it?
Acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion results from changes in the spinal cord secondary to an acute impact of extruded disc material following a traumatic incident
What are the typical signs and progression of ischaemic myelopathy?
Patients with ischaemic myelopathy usually show peracute clinical signs that do not tend to progress further after the first 24h
What is SRMA and what is typical presentation?
Steroid-responsive meningitis arteritis
Has an insidious onset and patients initialy show lethargy, anorexia and pyrexia, pain on neck manipulation and polyartitis
How does patients with meningomyelitis usually present?
with focal or diffuse clinical signs depending on the severity of spinal cord involvement
Who does discospondylitis most commonly effect and how does it present?
Discospondylitis most commonly affects young, male large breed dog with spinal pain as the most common clinical sign
How can spinal empyema look on CSF analysis?
Normal
or
Abnormal inflammatory cell counts, increased protein
Where do spinal fractures most commonly occur?
Along the thoracolumbar and cervical spine
What causes Atlantoaxial subluxation and in what breeds do we typically see it?
Atlanto-axial subluxation (AAS) is most commonly seen as a congenital or developmental disease affecting immature toy breed dogs
What are common clinical features of cervical spomdylomyelopathy?
Abnormal gait, cervical pain, forelimb lameness and muscle atrophy are dommon clinical features of cervical spondylomyelopathy
What are the most common clinical features of cervical spondylomyelopathy?
Abnormal gait, cervical pain, forelimb lameness and muscle atrophy are common clinical features of cervical spondylomyelopathy
What is the most commonly cited underlying cause for syringomyelia?
Obstruction of CSF flow at the foramen magnum is the most commonly cited underlying cause for syringomyelia, resulting in alteration of CSF flow dynamics
