title: Spinal cord injury secondary to electrocution in a dog.
abstract: A 13-year-old, female spayed, crossbreed dog of 32 kg was presented for evaluation of peracute onset of non-ambulatory tetraparesis after chewing an electrical wire. Neurological examination was consistent with a C1-C5 myelopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a focal intramedullary lesion over the C2-C3 vertebral bodies, which was confirmed to be an acute focal necrotising poliomyelopathy with subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhages on postmortem examination. This report describes the clinical, imaging and histopathological findings of this unusual type of spinal cord injury, and the effects of electrocution in the central nervous system of dogs.
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.|Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ros
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.|Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Fuente
authors.affiliation: Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pumarola
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.|Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Añor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary