Sentences with phrase «myelogram in»
A normal myelogram in a dog with slowly progressive paralysis is very frustrating because the two most likely diseases, Fibrocartilaginous Embolism and Degenerative Myelopathy, can not be confirmed without a necropsy (an autopsy on an animal).
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Trauma, inflammatory responses, and / or surgical procedures create Myofascial restrictions that can produce tensile pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square inch on pain sensitive structures that do not show up in many of the standard tests (x-rays, myelograms, CAT scans, electromyography, etc..)
Myelograms versus MRI in Wolfhounds.
Other tests may include an electromyogram (EMG), MRI or CT, myelogram, and spinal tap to help rule out other spinal diseases, such as Intervertebral Disc Disease, spinal cord tumors, Degenerative Lumbosacral Syndrome, and Degenerative Joint Diseases as in Dysplasia.
As CT becomes more available, a scan is often performed in addition to or instead of a myelogram.
Myelograms are contraindicated in suspected CM / SM cases.
If the diagnosis is in doubt or if the patient will undergo surgery, a myelogram may be performed.
This myelogram is outlining the spinal cord in the lumbar vertebrae of a dog.
A myelogram, in which dye is injected into the spinal column, may be done to show the internal sections of the spine on X-ray.