Probable lumbar acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion in a cat with acute onset paraparesis.
A spinal cord lesion localised caudal to the L6 spinal segment was diagnosed in a 2-year-old female spayed domestic longhair cat with acute onset paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging findings were consistent with an acute, non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion of the L5-L6 intervertebral disc. The cat was successfully managed with supportive care, including cage confinement.
Valentine Charlton Cat Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Keshuan
K
Chow
Julia A
JA
Beatty
Katja
K
Voss
Vanessa R
VR
Barrs
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary