Secondary chronic respiratory acidosis in a dog following the cervical cord compression by an intradural glioma.
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.
Hara
Yasushi
Y
Division of Veterinary Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
Nezu
Yoshinori
Y
Harada
Yasuji
Y
Hasegawa
Daisuke
D
Fujita
Michio
M
Orima
Hiromitsu
H
Tagawa
Masahiro
M
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