Myelopathy secondary to aortocaval fistula in a cat

Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2004 Nov-Dec;45(6):528-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04090.x.

Abstract

A 15-month-old neutered male cat was presented for progressive paraparesis of 3 months' duration and suspected cardiomegaly. Neuroanatomical localization was a T3-L3 myelopathy. On abdominal ultrasound, an anomalous vessel with turbulent blood flow was identified arising from the caudal vena cava. Myelography showed a bilateral ventrolateral extradural spinal cord compression from T12 to L4. Nonselective angiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography clearly indicated a vascular complex and vena caval aneurysm with an engorged internal vertebral venous plexus. Surgical occlusion of the anomalous vessels was unsuccessful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography / veterinary
  • Animals
  • Aorta / abnormalities*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / complications
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / veterinary*
  • Cat Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Cat Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cat Diseases / pathology
  • Cats
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Male
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / veterinary*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / veterinary
  • Ultrasonography
  • Venae Cavae / abnormalities*