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Spinal cord diseases

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES OF THE SPINAL DISORDERS

Spinal diseases frequently causing pain without neurological deficits

Vascular -

Inflammatory-infectious Steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis (D), discospondylitis; osteomyelitis (D,C)

Traumatic Spinal fracture or subluxation (D,C)

Anomalous Occipito-atlanto-axial instability (D,C), syringomyelia; hydromyelia (D,C)

Metbolic Hypervitaminosis A (C)

Idiopathic -

Neoplastic Tumors of the spine (ex. osteo-, chondrosarcomas) (D,C)

Degenerative Degenerative disk disease; (D,C), caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy (wobbler); (D), degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (D)

Spinal diseases frequently causing pain and neurological diseases

Vascular Extra-, or intradural bleeding (D,C)

Inflammatory-infectious Bacterial meningomyelitis, mycotic meningomyelitis; protozoal meningomyelitis (toxoplasmosis, neosporosis); feline infectious peritonitis; granulomatose meningoencephalitis

Traumatic Spinal fracture or subluxation (D,C)

Anomalous Occipito-atlanto-axial instability; spinal dysraphism; hemivertebra; syringomyelia; hydromyelia (D,C)

Metbolic Hypervitaminosis A (C)

Idiopathic -

Neoplastic Tumors of the spine (ex. osteo-, chondrosarcomas) (D,C)

Degenerative Degenerative disk disease (D,C), caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy (wobbler) (D), degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (D), multiple cartilaginous exostoses (D), spinal dural ossification (D)

Spinal diseases usually causing neurological deficits without pain

Vascular Fibrocartilaginous embolism (D,C)

Inflammatory-infectious Feline and canine poliomyelitis

Traumatic -

Anomalous Arachnoidal cyst

Metbolic -

Idiopathic -

Neoplastic Intramedullary tumors (D,C)

Degenerative Degenerative myelopathy (D), breed specific degenerative spinal cord diseases, lower motor neuron disease (D,C)

PS: dog (D), cat (C).