title: Imaging diagnosis--ultrasonographic diagnosis of diplomyelia in a calf.
abstract: We describe the ultrasonographic diagnosis of diplomyelia in a 40-day-old calf. The acoustic window was the lumbosacral junction, which, in cattle, corresponds to the L6-S1 intervertebral space and enables the evaluation of approximately 1 cm of the length of the spinal cord. Despite this limited length, this acoustic window yields good anatomic details and can be helpful in assessing anomalies of the caudal aspect of the spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova 35020, Italy. stefania.testoni@unipd.it
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Testoni
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grandis
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diana
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalla Pria
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cipone
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: Arcangelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gentile
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D002417:Cattle / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D037901:Euthanasia, Animal; D005260:Female; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography