title: Cervical spinal intradural arachnoid cysts in related, young pugs.
abstract: Seven related young pugs were diagnosed with cervical spinal intradural arachnoid cysts by magnetic resonance imaging (n = 6) and myelography (n = 1). All dogs were presented with skin abrasions on their thoracic limbs and non-painful neurological deficits, indicating a C1-T2 myelopathy. In all six dogs examined by magnetic resonance imaging not only the spinal arachnoid cyst but also a concomitant, most likely secondary, syringohydromyelia was confirmed. Pedigree analysis suggested a genetic predisposition for spinal arachnoid cysts in this family of pugs. Generalised proprioceptive deficits more pronounced in the thoracic limbs suggesting a focal cervical spinal cord lesion, with concomitant skin abrasions on the dorsal aspect of the thoracic limbs in a young pug, should alert veterinarians to the possibility of cervical spinal arachnoid cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, University Animal Hospital, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden; Albano Small Animal Hospital, Rinkebyvägen 21, 182 36, Danderyd, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rohdin
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Nyman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wohlsein
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hultin Jäderlund
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*