Ventilatory failure and successful management for a dog with severe cervical meningioma.
A 12-year-old intact male mongrel dog with a weight of 22 kg was referred with a complaint of progressive tetraparesis. Cervical myelography revealed an intradural-extramedullary mass at the second cervical vertebra. After computed tomography (CT) under general anesthesia, the patient showed dyspnea and cyanosis caused by insufficient movement of the chest wall. Positive pressure ventilation was therefore initiated. Hemilaminectomy and partial mass removal were performed 12 hr after the CT. The mass was histopathologically diagnosed as meningioma. Gradual weaning from the mechanical ventilation lasted for 80 hr after the operation. The patient eventually recovered from the ventilatory failure and the tetraparesis at approximately 6 and 14 days after the operation, respectively.
Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Japan.
Kazushi
K
Asano
Tsuyoshi
T
Kadosawa
Takashi
T
Mori
Toru
T
Miyamoto
Hiroshi
H
Ueno
Kazuhiro
K
Watanabe
Toru
T
Fujinaga
D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000662:veterinary*; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000662:veterinary*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary
D002245:Carbon Dioxide