Neurological signs and imaging findings in three cats with multiple articular process hypertrophy
2020
An eight-year-old British Shorthair (case 1), an eleven-year-old British Shorthair (case 2)
and a six-year-old European Shorthair cat (case 3) showed signs of chronic T3–L3 myelopathy.
Computed tomography of the thoracolumbar and lumbosacral region was performed in all three
cases and magnetic resonance imaging was only performed in case 2. Cross sectional imaging
revealed an enlargement of the articular process joints from T2 to T5 in case 1, from T11 to T13
in case 2 and from T10 to T13 in case 3 causing spinal cord compression. Based on the severity
of the spinal cord compression, surgical decompression by hemilaminectomy was performed in
case 1. In cases 2 and 3, conservative treatment was instituted, although this condition could have
been an incidental finding in these two cases. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report
describing the neurological signs, imaging findings and short-term outcome in cats with multiple
thoracolumbar articular process hypertrophy.
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