An 8-year-old intact male Shih Tzu dog was admitted with acute-onset tetraplegia.
Magnetic resonance imaging showed an abnormality of the cervical intramedullary spinal cord.
Histopathological examination of a spinal biopsy confirmed the presence of intravascular cartilaginous emboli.
This is the first report of an antemortem diagnosis of fibrocartilaginous embolism in a chondrodystrophoid breed dog.
Source: Ueno H, Shimizu J, Uzuka Y, Kobayashi Y, Hirokawa H, Ueno E, Suzuki A, Yamada K. (2005): Fibrocartilaginous embolism in a chondrodystrophoid breed dog. In: Aust Vet J. 2005 Mar;83(3):142-4.
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