Clinical and imaging features of a feline lumbar myelopathy resembling ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in humans
Reus-Coll, M. (Hospital Veterinari Montjuïc)
Añor Torres, Sònia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Pumarola i Batlle, Martí (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Montes de Oca, I. (Hospital Veterinari Montjuïc)
de la Fuente, Cristian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	A 9-year-old, male, neutered Russian blue cat was presented for a 2-week history of pelvic limb weakness and reluctance to jump and climb stairs. Neurological examination was consistent with an L4-L6 myelopathy. Ectopic calcification of soft tissues within the vertebral canal involving the dorsal longitudinal ligament over the L5-L6 vertebrae was diagnosed based on radiography, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. The lesion was surgically excised, and histopathological examination demonstrated fibrous connective tissue with calcification. The patient was neurologically normal 2 months after surgery, and no relapses have occurred in a follow-up period of 2 years. The findings in this case had not been previously reported in cats, and share some similarities with a clinical entity in humans named ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Cats ; Dorsal longitudinal ligament ; Ectopic calcification ; Spinal cord
Published in:	Veterinary Record Case Reports, Vol. 11 Núm. 4 (december 2023) , p. e741, ISSN 2052-6121

DOI: 10.1002/vrc2.741

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