Lameness: Nerve root compression
51 Lameness Nerve root compression INITIAL PRESENTATION • Nerve root compression or infiltration causes pain, resulting in ‘root signature’ lameness in the innervated limb. • Three cases of forelimb lameness…
SMALL ANIMAL
Torticollis
55 Torticollis INTRODUCTION Scoliosis describes a lateral curvature of the spine. It may be congenital due to a wedge-shaped malformation of vertebral bodies (hemivertebrae). Acquired scoliosis occurs secondary to syringomyelia…
Hydrocephalus
20 Hydrocephalus INITIAL PRESENTATION Seizures. INTRODUCTION What appears strikingly abnormal to a vet does not always ring warning bells for the general public. In fact, one owner presented his ‘rottweiler…
Cerebral haemorrhage
19 Cerebral haemorrhage INITIAL PRESENTATION Dull, seizures, circling. INTRODUCTION Haemorrhage into the nervous system may present as meningeal irritation causing neck pain or diffuse spinal pain. Lesions of the CNS…
Pain – an introduction
68 Pain – an introduction Almost all pet owners equate pain with a poor quality of life. It is important to recognize the presence of pain in a disease process…
LMN paresis and paralysis: Acquired myasthenia gravis
44 LMN paresis and paralysis Acquired myasthenia gravis INITIAL PRESENTATION Dysphagia, regurgitation, retching, dysphonia, ptyalism, inability to blink, cervical ventroflexion (cat), tremors, stiffness progressing to generalized weakness with exercise, hindlimb…
Unilateral atrophy of the masticatory muscle
67 Unilateral atrophy of the masticatory muscle INITIAL PRESENTATION Asymmetry of head. SIGNALMENT A 6-year-old neutered female Labrador retriever dog. CASE PRESENTING SIGNS Skin wounds to the right face, altered…
Horner’s syndrome
28 Horner’s syndrome INITIAL PRESENTATION Eye appears sunken or ‘disappears’ from view. Odd appearance to the animal’s face. INTRODUCTION Horner’s syndrome describes the constellation of signs resulting from paralysis of…
