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Cervical Intervertebral Disk Protrusion in a Horse |
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| Authors: | ALAN J NIXON BVSc MS TED S STASHAK DVM MS DiplomateACVS JAMES T INGRAM DVM MS ROBERT W NORRDIN DVM PhD DiplomateACVP RICHARD D PARK DVM PhD DiplomateACVR |
| Institution: | Departments of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.;Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.;Radiology and Radiation Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. |
| Abstract: | A Hansen type ll intervertebral disk protrusion was diagnosed in an 18-year-old horse with signs of progressive ataxia and paresis. A soft tissue mass dorsal to the C6-C7 intervertebral disk space was identified at myelogram and found to be an intervertebral disk protrusion with enlarged dorsal annulus fibrosis at surgery. Surgical decompression was achieved using a ventral approach to the caudal cervical vertebrae, an approach limited in its application by the vertebral venous sinuses. Neurological signs remained unchanged for 3 days and then deteriorated. The horse was euthanized. |
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