Dura mater marsupialisation and outcome in a cat with a spinal subarachnoid pseudocyst: a case report

L. Pisoni, F. Cinti, A. Gallucci, A. Diana, S. Del Magno, E. Bellei and G. Gandini
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L. Pisoni: School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
F. Cinti: School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
A. Gallucci: School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
A. Diana: School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
S. Del Magno: School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
E. Bellei: School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
G. Gandini: School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Veterinární medicína, 2014, vol. 59, issue 3, 157-161

Abstract: A six-month-old male domestic shorthair cat was referred with a history of acute-onset paraplegia, over the previous two months. The neurological examination revealed a thoracolumbar lesion. After myelography and myelo-computed tomography (myelo-CT), the diagnosis of a T13-L1 subarachnoid pseudocyst potentially related to a previous L1 vertebral body fracture or malformation was made. Surgical decompression consisted in dorsal laminectomy followed by durotomy and marsupialisation. Immediately after surgery the cat improved neurologically and showed progressive improvement of his neurological signs over the next few months, until he died, from unrelated causes, approximately 18 months after surgery.

Keywords: cat; subarachnoid pseudocyst; marsupialisation; myelo-CT; myelography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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