42 UMN Spinal fracture INITIAL PRESENTATION Spinal pain, paralysis/paresis, proprioceptive deficits, urinary incontinence. INTRODUCTION Most fractures are due to road traffic accidents (RTA) and most occur in the thoracolumbar spine….
54 Posture – an introduction Posture is a description of the relative placement, arrangement, or position of the animal’s head, body and limbs with respect to gravity. The term attitude…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
