Cervical fibrotic stenosis in a young Rottweiler.
An 18-month-old neutered male Rottweiler was examined because of slowly progressive spastic tetraparesis and ataxia. Signalment and clinical signs were suggestive of 2 neuronal degenerative diseases presumed to be inherited in young Rottweilers: leukoencephalomyelopathy and neuroaxonal dystrophy. Myelography revealed an extradural compression at the articulation of the second and third cervical vertebrae. At surgery, focal hypertrophy of the yellow ligament was observed to compress the spinal cord ventrally at that site.
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Department of Anatomy, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853.
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Trotter
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D000818:Animals; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D001947:Breeding; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005355:Fibrosis; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography / Q000662:veterinary; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*