Linon, ElisaElisaLinonGeissbühler, UrsUrsGeissbühlerKarli, PhilemonPhilemonKarliForterre, FranckFranckForterre2025-01-082025-01-082014-02-04https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/196903A 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.enEpidural abscessMRIatlantoaxial dogforeign body600 - Technology::630 - Agriculturearticle10.7892/boris.442312449325510.3415/VCOT-13-07-0095