Extrusão de discos intervertebrais toracolombares em cão - relato de caso

Abstract

The intervertebral disc disease is one of the main neurological disorders in the routine care of small animals. The clinical signs range from simple pain and ataxia to paralysis or paraplegia with loss of deep sensitivity. The definitive diangosis is performed only with specific image examination, such as myelography, tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. The treatment recommended can vary from conservative to simpler alterations or surgical to decompression of the spinal cord for more complex cases. This study aims to report and discuss a case of a dog, male, 5 years old, Dashchund breed with an initial history of ataxia progressing to pelvic limb paralysis, without deep nociception, where the diagnosis was confirmed as disc extrusion associated with perilesional bleeding.