Spinal lymphoma in a goat.
Jannis NankemannMerrilee HollandSamantha GlamannRobert ColeJenna StocklerRachel MoonPublished in: Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association (2024)
A 3-year-old Pygmy Wether was presented for chronic hindlimb paralysis. A neurological exam revealed nonambulatory paraplegia with absent deep pain nociception, lack of hindlimb withdrawal reflexes, and paraspinal pain on palpation with T3 to L3 neurolocalization. MRI of the lumbar spine revealed an extensive, dorsal to dorsolateral, severely compressive, heterogeneously contrast-enhancing extradural lesion of the lumbar spine with intervertebral foraminal extension into the surrounding paraspinal musculature. Vertebral bone marrow involvement was also noted in the L5 and L6 vertebrae. A diagnosis of lymphoma was obtained after cytological sampling. This is the first case report describing specific MRI findings (signal characteristics, enhancement pattern, and perilesional changes) in a goat with paraspinal lymphoma.
Keyphrases
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- neuropathic pain
- contrast enhanced
- chronic pain
- bone marrow
- case report
- spinal cord
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pain management
- magnetic resonance
- mesenchymal stem cells
- diffusion weighted imaging
- spinal cord injury
- working memory
- bone mineral density
- brain injury
- subarachnoid hemorrhage