Journal of Veterinary Clinics (한국임상수의학회지)

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Computed Tomographic Images of Vertebral Disc Herniation in Dogs

개에서 컴퓨터 단층 촬영 검사를 통한 추간판 탈출증 진단례

  • 이기창 (서울대학교 수의과대학) ;
  • 송경진 (서울대학교 수의과대학) ;
  • 권정국 (서울대학교 수의과대학) ;
  • 최민철 (서울대학교 수의과대학)
  • Published : 2003.12.01
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Abstract

An appearance of herniated intervertebral disc into thoracolumbar vertebral canal was evaluated in two patients using computed tomography (CT). Before CT scanning, plain radiography and myelography were performed in both cases. CT images were compared to those of myelography. Dogs were positioned in sternal recumbency under inhalation anesthesia and transverse slices with 2 mm thickness were obtained around thoracolumbar region. The transverse CT images were examined using both vertebral and spiral window mode. The most common findings on CT images were loss of vertebral canal epidural fat, bulging of vertebral canal disc margins, displacement of spinal cord and flatted vertebral canal. Whereas, narrowed intervertebral disc space and simple extradural pattern were the main findings on plain and contrast radiographs. CT imges showed the extent of the herniated disc lesion, type II intervertebral disc hernation, and the displacement of spinal cord in detail in both occations. It is considered that degree and precise localization of the intervertebral disc herniation and subtle lesion of spinal cord could be identified accurately using computed tomography.

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