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.
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
Noritaka
N
Maeta
Teppei
T
Kanda
Takanori
T
Sasaki
Takehito
T
Morita
Toshinori
T
Furukawa
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