A 10-yr-old binturong (Arctictis binturong) developed an acute onset of hind limb paralysis. Neurological examination revealed sensorimotor paraplegia. Myelography and computed tomography demonstrated a ventrolateral extradural compression of the spinal cord centered over the L3–L4 intervertebral disc space. Spinal decompression was performed via hemilaminectomy and excision of degenerate nucleus pulposus, confirmed by histopathologic examination. The binturong regained slight motor function by day 8 postoperatively but succumbed to pancreatitis 19 days postoperatively.
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1 March 2007
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC EXTRUSION AND SPINAL DECOMPRESSION IN A BINTURONG (ARCTICTIS BINTURONG)
Maria Spriggs,
Jason Arble,
Gwen Myers
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 38 • No. 1
March 2007
Vol. 38 • No. 1
March 2007
Arctictis binturong
binturong
hemilaminectomy
intervertebral disc disease
spinal decompression