title: Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy in a horse.
abstract: Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy was diagnosed in a 11-year-old, male, Tennessee Walking Horse by histopathological examination of the spinal cord after the horse was killed because of severe neurological dysfunction. Both ventral funiculi of C6 and C7 cervical spinal cord had extensive necrosis with blood vessels containing fibrocartilaginous emboli. A similar fibrocartilaginous embolus was observed in a single large spinal artery adjoining the vertebral leptomeninges.
authors.affiliation: LDDC, University of Kentucky, 1429 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY 40511, USA. msebasti@uky.edu
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Giles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D004617:Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*