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Spinal malformation and syringomyelia in a calf
(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2016-12-12) Çeşme, Hilal; İpek, Volkan; Akkoç, Ahmet; Salcı, Hakan; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Veteriner Fakültesi.
A Holstein breed, female, one-month-old calf was presented to our clinic with the complaint of congenital astasia on the hind limbs. The vital parameters of the calf were normal, but she was not standing steadily. In palpation, spinal processes of T10-L2 vertebral segments were felt as deformed. Neurologically, there were sensible reflexes, but motor responses were weak bilaterally. In the radiological examination, the irregular intervertebral areas, synostosis on the spinal process and vertebral scoliosis were remarked between T10-L2 segments. Informing the weak prognosis of the calf to the patient owner, she was euthanized after permission. At necropsy, synostosis together with mild scoliosis, and cavitation placed was observed in the spinal process of T10-L2. About 6cm a transversal enlargement and collapse were seen in the spinal canal. A cystic cavitation about 1 cm in width was identified in the trans-section of this area. Microscopically, foramen centrale was separated from this cavitation. There was no distinctive cell forming and inflammatory infiltrations in the internal surface of the cavitation. As a result of clinical, radiological and pathologic examinations, spinal malformation and syringomyelia were diagnosed.