ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2020
Thoracic vertebral canal stenosis in cats: clinical features, diagnostic imaging findings, treatment and outcome.
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- Case Report: Two adjacent ventral slots for treatment of multiple compressive cervical intervertebral disc protrusions in a British Shorthair cat.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Vertebral vascular canal dysplasia in cats: signalment, CT and MRI characteristics, and prevalence.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A Morphometric Study on the Dimensions of the Vertebral Canal and Intervertebral Discs from Th1 to S1 in Cats and Their Relevance for Spinal Diseases.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Demographics, clinical findings and diagnoses of cranial thoracic myelopathies (T1-T6 vertebrae) in cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to describe the clinical features, diagnostic imaging findings, treatment and outcome in cats with thoracic vertebral canal stenosis (TVCS).
methodsMedical records and imaging studies of cats with TVCS were retrospectively reviewed. Outcome was acquired from patient records and from owners or referring veterinary surgeons via a telephone questionnaire. For each case, breed-, age- and sex-matched controls were identified with CT imaging of the thoracic vertebral column. For each cat, vertebral canal height was determined at three levels for each thoracic vertebra. Vertebral canal heights were compared between control cats of different breeds and between affected and control cats of the same breed.
resultsNine TVCS cases were included. British Shorthairs and male neutered cats were over-represented ( CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: TVCS should be considered a differential diagnosis in middle-aged to older cats presenting with a chronic, progressive, painful, T3-L3 myelopathy. The predisposition of British Shorthairs could be explained by a narrower vertebral canal in this breed.
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