USE OF COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC MYELOGRAPHY FOR ASSESSMENT OF SPINAL TUMORAL CALCINOSIS IN A DOG

Spinal tumoral calcinosis is reported in a Berner sennenhund puppy, Th e condition was manifested clinically as a non-ambulatory tetraparesis associated with neck pain. On survey radiographs there was a focal ca lcified mass at the atlantoaxial articulation, Computed tomography and computed tomographic myelography gave additional information on the e xtent of the mass and on the degree of spinal cord compression, The ma ss was removed surgically and the dog made a complete recovery.