Abstract
Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy is a syndrome of spinal cord infarction caused by fibrocartilaginous emboli identical to the nucleus pulposus of the in...
Highlights
Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy is a syndrome of spinal cord infarction caused by fibrocartilaginous emboli identical to the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk
This disease is described in several animals species including humans
Severe distention of the urinary bladder and necrotic areas in the spinal cord were observed in the macroscopic examination
Summary
Elisa Scheid Tesser, Saulo Petinatti Pavarini, Pedro Soares Bezerra Júnior, Juliana de Aguiar Marcato, Nadia Aline Bobbi Antoniassi, Rodolfo Voll2 & David Driemeier. Mielopatia por embolismo fibrocartilaginoso é uma síndrome caracterizada por um infarto da medula espinhal causado por êmbolos fibrocartilaginosos idênticos ao núcleo pulposo do disco intervertebral. O presente relato ocorreu em um canino de seis anos, macho Dogue Alemão que mostrou paralisia súbita dos membros pélvicos e foi eutanasiado doze dias após o início da paralisia. Na necropsia havia severa distensão da bexiga e áreas necróticas na medula espinhal foram observadas no exame macroscópico. Microscopicamente, extensas áreas de malácia circundadas por células gitter, hemorragia e edema, alcançando as substâncias cinzenta e branca. Êmbolos fibrocartilaginosos estavam presentes no interior da medula espinhal e vasos da leptomeninge.
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