Computed tomographic images of discospondylitis in a calf

A 2-month-old male Japanese Black calf was presented with a 30-day history of progressive ataxia. Antemortem examination using computed tomography (CT) revealed narrowing of the disc spaces due to destruction of intervertebral structures between the first and second thoracic vertebrae and between th...

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Autores principales: TSUKA, Takeshi, YAMAMOTO, Naoki, SANESHIGE, Makoto, MORITA, Takehito, SUNDEN, Yuji, MURAHATA, Yusuke, AZUMA, Kazuo, OSAKI, Tomohiro, ITO, Norihito, OKAMOTO, Yoshiharu, IMAGAWA, Tomohiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2015
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26256229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0194
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Sumario:A 2-month-old male Japanese Black calf was presented with a 30-day history of progressive ataxia. Antemortem examination using computed tomography (CT) revealed narrowing of the disc spaces due to destruction of intervertebral structures between the first and second thoracic vertebrae and between the second and third thoracic vertebrae. Osteolysis was evident as irregular hypoattenuating lesions within the opposing end plates of the first, second and third thoracic vertebrae. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was detected as the causative bacteria, and discospondylitis was diagnosed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first bovine case report describing the application of CT for the diagnosis of discospondylitis.

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