ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2022
Prevalence, clinical presentation and MRI of intervertebral disc herniations in cats.
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- Feline intervertebral disc disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Pooled it
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- Presumptive intramedullary intervertebral disc extrusion in 12 cats: clinical presentation, MRI findings, treatment and outcome.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Retrospective study of partial lateral corpectomy to treat thoracic and lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in 12 cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Radiological and Anatomical Features of Cervical Vertebrae in Adult Persian Cat.Veterinary medicine and science · 2024Article
- Cervical Disc Extrusion with Dorsal Migration in a Pet Rabbit.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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- Surgical management of a lumbar far lateral intervertebral disc extrusion in a cat.JFMS open reportsArticle
- Outcomes of surgically and conservatively managed thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc herniations in cats.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence and to describe the clinical and diagnostic imaging features of the different types of feline intervertebral disc herniation (IVDH).
methodsMedical records and imaging studies were retrospectively reviewed for cats diagnosed with IVDH between January 2008 and October 2020. Information obtained from the clinical records included signalment, clinical presentation, the presence of spinal hyperaesthesia and neurolocalisation. Diagnostic imaging findings, including type (ie, intervertebral disc extrusion [IVDE], intervertebral disc protrusion [IVDP] or acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion (ANNPE), site and number of IVDHs, were recorded. The association between breed, age, sex, duration and severity of neurological signs, the presence of spinal pain and MRI features was evaluated.
resultsForty-three cats were included. A total of 50 IVDHs were identified: 39 cats were diagnosed with a single IVDH and four with multiple IVDHs. The most common type of IVDH was ANNPE (n = 22), followed by IVDP (n = 19) and IVDE (n = 9). Neuroanatomical localisation included L4-S3 (n = 19/43), T3-L3 (n = 18/43) and C1-C5 (n = 6/43). Cats with a single IVDH were statistically significantly associated with a diagnosis of ANNPE ( CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: ANNPE, IVDP and IVDE are each associated with distinctive clinical scenarios. Thoracolumbar and mid-to-caudal lumbar regions are the most affected, followed by the cranial cervical spine segment.
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