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KMID : 0359320060460040399
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
2006 Volume.46 No. 4 p.399 ~ p.403
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Caudal occipital malformation syndrome in 10 dogs
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Choi Ji-Hye
Kim Hye-Jin
Kim Hyun-Wook
Eun Chang
Jang Jae-Young
Ban Hyun-Jung
Kim Jin-Kyung
Yoon Jung-Hee
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Abstract
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Caudal occipital malformation syndrome (COMS) is relatively common disease which occurs at craniocervical junction. It has been known that this syndrome was developed mainly in Cavalier King Charles spaniels, but these days there are a lot of case reports about COMS in other small breed dogs. In this report, COMS was diagnosed in ten dogs presented to Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital using MRI examination from January 2005 to April 2006. These cases were also investigated about concurrent diseases and syringomyelia was the most common type of complication, but clinical signs were nonspecific. COMS could be controlled by medical therapy with corticosteroid except cases with concurrent meningitis. It is considered that the present report could provide information regarding imaging and clinical features of COMS such as concurrent diseases, clinical signs, and prognosis in small animal practice despite of limited case numbers.
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KEYWORD
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caudal occipital malformation syndrome, hydrocephalus, MRI, small breed dogs, syringomyelia
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