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  • 标题:Quantitative evaluation of cervical cord compression by computed tomographic myelography in Thoroughbred foals
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  • 作者:Kazutaka YAMADA ; Fumio SATO ; Tetsuro HADA
  • 期刊名称:Journal of Equine Science
  • 印刷版ISSN:1340-3516
  • 电子版ISSN:1347-7501
  • 出版年度:2016
  • 卷号:27
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:143-148
  • DOI:10.1294/jes.27.143
  • 出版社:Japanese Society of Equine Science
  • 摘要:

    Five Thoroughbred foals (age, 8–33 weeks; median age, 31 weeks; weight, 122–270 kg; median weight, 249 kg) exhibiting ataxia with suspected cervical myelopathy (n=4) and limb malformation (n=1) were subjected to computed tomographic (CT) myelography. The areas of the subarachnoid space and cervical cord were measured on transverse CT images. The area of the cervical cord was divided by the area of subarachnoid space, and stenosis ratios were quantitatively evaluated and compared on the basis of histopathological examination. The sites with a ratio above 52.8% could have been primary lesion sites in the histopathological examination, although one site with a ratio of 54.1% was not a primary lesion site. Therefore, in this study, a ratio between 52.8–54.1% was suggested to be borderline for physical compression that damages the cervical cord. All the cervical vertebrae could not be scanned in three of the five cases. Therefore, CT myelography is not a suitable method for locating the site of compression, but it should be used for quantitative evaluation of cervical stenosis diagnosed by conventional myelography. In conclusion, the stenosis ratios determined using CT myelography could be applicable for detecting primary lesion sites in the cervical cord.

  • 关键词:cervical vertebral compressive myelopathy;computed tomographic myelography;contrast agent;quantitative evaluation;Thoroughbred
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