ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2022
Magnetic resonance imaging features of canine intradural/extramedullary intervertebral disc extrusion in seven cases.
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- Case Report: Dural infiltration of intervertebral disc material mimicking spinal cord meningioma in a dog.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Case report: Magnetic resonance imaging features with postoperative improvement of atypical cervical glioma characterized by predominant extramedullary distribution in a dog.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
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Abstract
Intervertebral disc disease, including intervertebral disc extrusions and protrusions, is the most common spinal cord disorder in dogs. Atypical and uncommon intervertebral disc herniations include intradural/intramedullary disc extrusion, intervertebral foraminal disc extrusion and intervertebral disc herniation (Schmorl's node). Intradural/extramedullary disc extrusion is the least common type of intervertebral disc herniation in veterinary medicine, characterized by extruded disc material within the intradural space. To date, only one study has been published in veterinary medicine reporting intradural/extramedullary disc extrusions. In this study, low field MRI was used, and the authors could not find any MRI features to diagnose with confidence an intradural/extramedullary disc location of the extruded disc material. The aim of this study was to describe the high field (1.5T) MRI characteristics of surgically confirmed intradural/extramedullary disc extrusions. This is a retrospective, multicentric and descriptive study. Inclusion criteria was surgical confirmation of intradural/extramedullary disc extrusion by durotomy and complete MRI study of the spine. Seven cases were included. Images were reviewed by a radiology resident and a certified radiologist, with emphasis on the following signs: "Golf-tee sign" (widening of the subarachnoid space cranial and caudal to the lesion), "Beak sign" (pointed and sharp compressive lesion) and "Y sign" (division of the dura and arachnoid layers). MRI showed a "Y sign" in all the cases (7/7) seen from the T2-weighted sagittal views, while "Golf-tee sign" was not recognized in any of the cases (0/7). Additionally, "beak sign" was present in half of the cases (4/7). "Y sign" maybe a reliable MRI feature for identifying intradural/medullary disc extrusions from the MRI study. As the arachnoid is peeled from the dura by the disc herniation there is a splitting of the arachnoid mater and the ventral dura. The intradural disc material will be surrounded by CSF signal intensity margin, giving the appearance of a Y, which can be identified from the T2-weighted sagittal images.
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