Casos clínicos neurológicos de cães e gatos – estudo retrospectivo (2016-2021)

Abstract

Neurological clinical cases in dogs and cats represent a relevant number of visits. Still, they require a greater knowledge of the veterinarian's particularities of different conditions and possible auxiliary resources to the current diagnosis. The objective of this dissertation was to develop a retrospective study of neurological clinical cases of dogs and cats treated at the veterinary hospital of a higher education institution between 2016 and 2021. Retrospective studies were conducted by reviewing neurological clinical records and radiographic examinations of the spine of dogs and cats treated at the Veterinary University Hospital (HUVet) of the Federal University of Pampa, Uruguaiana-RS. From the survey, three clinical cases of a peripheral vestibular syndrome associated with stress in dogs were selected; a clinical case of a dog submitted to myelography with an extensive area suggestive of myelomalacia and extradural contrast extravasation following the nerve root of L4; and radiographs exams of the spine performed in dogs and cats with clinical suspicion of spinal cord injury. The first manuscript provided a question about the appearance of peripheral vestibular clinical signs in dogs after stress. From the second manuscript, myelography was able to identify degenerative lesions of the nerve root and spinal cord, indicating a poor prognosis. Finally, from the third manuscript, it was possible to conclude that the systematic evaluation of the spine allows for maximizing the benefits of auxiliary diagnostic methods still used in veterinary medicine, such as surveys and contrasted radiographic exams.