RESUMEN

A 5 year old, neutered male, domestic shorthaired cat had acute left hemiparesis and Horner's syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a loss of the normal signal from the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc at C3/4, narrowing of the ventral subarachnoid space and slight dorsal displacement of the spinal cord and a focal hyperintense lesion affecting the left side of the spinal cord at the same level. The presumptive diagnosis was focal spinal cord oedema associated with intervertebral disc extrusion. A traumatic aetiology was suspected. The cat was treated conservatively and improved gradually over a period of 6 months.

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Enfermedades de los Gatos/diagnóstico , Gatos/lesiones , Vértebras Cervicales/lesiones , Síndrome de Horner/veterinaria , Desplazamiento del Disco Intervertebral/veterinaria , Paresia/veterinaria , Animales , Enfermedades de los Gatos/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades de los Gatos/patología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Síndrome de Horner/etiología , Desplazamiento del Disco Intervertebral/complicaciones , Desplazamiento del Disco Intervertebral/diagnóstico , Desplazamiento del Disco Intervertebral/diagnóstico por imagen , Desplazamiento del Disco Intervertebral/patología , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/veterinaria , Masculino , Paresia/etiología , Radiografía