Spinal epidural empyema in a cat.
The diagnosis and surgical treatment of spinal epidural empyema (SEE) in a 2-year-old neutered male domestic shorthaired cat is described. SEE was diagnosed by computed tomographic myelography (CT myelography) and surgical exploration. The lesion was missed on both non-enhanced CT and conventional myelography. SEE should be considered in the differential diagnosis of progressive myelopathy in cats, and CT myelography should be undertaken when magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cannot be performed.
Maeta
Noritaka
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Department of Comparative Animal Science, College of Life Science, Kurashiki University of Science and The Arts, 2640 Nishinoura, Tsurajima-cho, Kurashiki, Okayama 712-8505, Japan. v-maeta@sci.kusa.ac.jp
Kanda
Teppei
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Sasaki
Takanori
T
Morita
Takehito
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Furukawa
Toshinori
T
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004653:Empyema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography / Q000662:veterinary; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome