Gait abnormalities, such as ataxia, paresis, or paralysis, may be present if secondary spinal cord or nerve root compression occurs.2 When neurologic signs are present, they correlate to the location of the discospondylitis lesion; cervical vertebral column lesions may cause tetraparesis and neck pain; thoracolumbar lesions may cause pelvic limb paresis, proprioceptive ataxia, and back pain; and lumbosacral lesions may cause a stiff, stilted pelvic limb gait.1, 2 Discospondylitis can affect any area of the vertebral column, but the most
commonly affected sites are L7 to S1, caudal cervical, mid-thoracic, and the thoracolumbar spine.
can affect any area of the vertebral column, but the most
commonly affected sites are L7 to S1, caudal cervical, mid-thoracic, and the thoracolumbar spine.
The scalp, eyebrows and eyelashes are the most
commonly affected sites.
Not exact matches
The researchers documented the concentration of sexual females and asexual females at multiple
sites in the same lake and compared how their populations were
affected by a parasitic worm
commonly associated with the snails.
In cats, lymphoma cells (like lymphocytes) can grow anywhere in the body, but there are certain
sites that are more
commonly affected by lymphoma than others (such as the GI tract, mediastinum, and lymph nodes).
An ear is the most probable
site for any occurrence of this condition, for the reason that it contains a lot of lipids in the form of wax, a dog ear has a significant population of normally occurring bacteria and yeast and most importantly, it has been identified as the most
commonly affected area by allergies of any kind, food or seasonal.
Osteosarcoma
commonly affects the appendicular skeleton (limbs) of large to giant breed dogs, but can also occur in the axial skeleton (skull, ribs, vertebrae, pelvis), which is a more common primary
site in smaller dogs.