Cisternal puncture: Figures 849–854
Right lateral recumbent and ventrodorsal projections
Figure 849 Myelography in the cat. Procedure performed under general anaesthesia. Right lateral recumbent projection of cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae (1st cervical vertebra to 4th thoracic vertebra). Radiograph taken immediately following the injection of water-soluble contrast medium into the cisterna magna. British Domestic Short Haired cat 10 months old. (Approximately 140% of original size.) The left hind leg has been surgically removed in this cat (same cat as in Figures 850–854).
The subarachnoid space filled with contrast is at its widest at the 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae. Thinning and slight indentation of the ventral contrast column occurs over each cervical intervertebral disc space.
The widening of the spinal cord in the lower cervical region is greater than in the dog.
Figure 850 Myelography in the cat. Procedure performed under general anaesthesia. Ventrodorsal projection of cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae (1st cervical vertebra to 2nd thoracic vertebra). Radiograph taken immediately following the injection of water-soluble contrast medium into the cisterna magna. British Domestic Short Haired cat 10 months old. (Approximately 120% of original size.) The left hind leg has been surgically removed in this cat (same cat as in Figures 849 and 851–854).
Figure 851 Myelography in the cat. Procedure performed under general anaesthesia. Right lateral recumbent projection of thoracic vertebrae (7th cervical vertebra to 1st lumbar vertebra). Radiography taken following the injection of water-soluble contrast medium into the cisterna magna. British Domestic Short Haired cat 10 months old. (Approximately 120% of original size.) The left hind leg has been surgically removed in this cat (same cat as in Figures 849–850 and 852–854).
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