Atlantoaxial epidural abscess secondary to grass awn migration in a dog.
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
24493255
Abstract
A two-year-old female Lucerne Hound was presented with a one-week history of signs of progressive neck pain, inappetence, apathy, and an elevated rectal temperature. Findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were consistent with a foreign body abscess in the epidural space at the level of the first and second cervical vertebrae. A left-sided dorso-lateral atlantoaxial approach was performed, revealing an epidural abscess containing a grass awn. The clinical signs resolved within three days of surgery and the dog made a full recovery. This case report shows that grass awns can migrate to the atlantoaxial region in dogs and MRI findings lead to a suspicion of caudo-cranial migration within the spinal canal.
Date Issued
2014-02-04
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
Subjects
Epidural abscess
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MRI
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atlantoaxial dog
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foreign body
Language(s)
en
Author(s)
Journal
Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology
Publisher
Schattauer
ISSN
0932-0814
Access(Rights)
restricted