Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of degenerative lumbosacral stenosis in four dogs.
Magnetic resonance imaging was used to diagnose degenerative lumbosacral stenosis in four dogs that had physical and neurologic signs consistent with a cauda equina lesion. Nerve root displacement by protruding disc material and loss of epidural fat were identified. In all dogs, the diagnosis was confirmed by dorsal laminectomy of the lumbosacral area.
de Haan
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Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0126.
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Ackerman
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D000818:Animals; D002420:Cauda Equina; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*