Atlantoaxial cartilaginous exostosis causing spinal cord compression in a mature Bernese mountain dog

Citation
S. Bhatti et al., Atlantoaxial cartilaginous exostosis causing spinal cord compression in a mature Bernese mountain dog, J SM ANIM P, 42(2), 2001, pp. 79-81
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE
ISSN journal
00224510 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
79 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4510(200102)42:2<79:ACECSC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Cartilaginous exostosis developed in the atlantoaxial region of a three-and -a-half-year-old Bernese mountain dog. The dog exhibited ataxia in the hind limbs and flailing movements in the forelimbs. On survey radiographs of the cervical spine there was a focal calcified mass between the dorsal arch of the atlas and the spinous process of the axis. Lumbar myelography revealed severe dorsal spinal cord compression. The mass was removed surgically and the dog made a complete recovery. Histopathology of the excised mass was c onsistent with a diagnosis of cartilaginous exostosis.