title: Secondary chronic respiratory acidosis in a dog following the cervical cord compression by an intradural glioma.
abstract: An intradural tumor in the upper cervical region was found in a dog with quadriparesis and chronic respiratory acidosis. Surgical removal of the tumor in the atlas and intraoperative radiotherapy were attempted. The tumor was histologically diagnosed as a neural glioma. A preoperative acid-base disturbance was dramatically improved after surgery. The clinical changes appeared in this case suggest that compression of the spinal cord at this region may cause paralysis of the respiratory muscles and secondarily result in chronic respiratory acidosis following the respiratory insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Division of Veterinary Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nezu
authors.forename: Yasuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orima
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagawa
mesh_terms: D000142:Acidosis, Respiratory / Q000209:etiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary