Leitch BJ, Hartman AC, Mayhew IG, Jones BR, Worth AJ. Permanent monoparesis in a dog after intramedullary injection of iohexol into the lumbar spinal cord.
N Z Vet J 2012;
61:53-9. [PMID:
22985093 DOI:
10.1080/00480169.2012.704846]
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CASE HISTORY
An 8-year-old, spayed, Doberman Pinscher bitch presented for assessment of acute hindlimb paresis.
CLINICAL FINDINGS
During a lumbar myelographic contrast study a small volume of iohexol contrast agent was inadvertently injected into the cord parenchyma. After surgical hemilaminectomy for an intervertebral disc extrusion at L1-2 the dog recovered use of one hindlimb, but had ongoing extensor weakness of the left hindlimb. Left femoral nerve function had not returned after 14 months.
DIAGNOSIS
EMG findings 14 months after the incident indicated persistent femoral neuropathy consistent with the intramedullary contrast injection at L3-4.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE
Inadvertent deposition of iohexol into spinal cord parenchyma may be rare, but if it occurs it can have long-lasting consequences.
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