Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Re: Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Will McMullan — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:05:40 GMT

No worries, thanks for replying. I'm pretty happy that the dog is not responding to pain or itching sensations, as it remained in that position continually for 6 hours while eating and walking etc, without apparent distress. I'll ask the client to try and get more videos but it may be another 6-12 months before it recurs.

Cheers

Will

Re: Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Mark Lowrie — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:39:57 GMT

Sorry Will, I had missed this updated post.

The owner describes twisting to the right side as if she is trying to bite herself. All I can see in the video is her turning to look at her back end and essentially the video shows a dog standing stationary for a short time. This sadly doesn’t help with defining the disorder as this is a fairly non-specific set of signs. If the owners can capture a video with any further abnormal movements they describe this would be more helpful to define the problem. I don’t deny the signs they see are abnormal it is just non-specific and common to a number of conditions e.g. pain, movement disorders, epileptic seizures etc. Hopefully they will be able to get more video if the problem is frequent or progressive enough to be a concern.

Re: Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Will McMullan — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:28:44 GMT

Sorry, uploading issues, the link below should work.

www.youtube.com/watch

Re: Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Will McMullan — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:57:12 GMT

I'm just uploading the client's video to the gallery now. He said the dog had a similar episode the next evening, having been normal all day, and this time she snapped out of it when taken for a walk. He also mentioned that he thinks that most or all of the episodes have occurred after a period of rest/sleep. The video should be loaded soon. Let me know what you think.

Thanks

Will

Re: Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Will McMullan — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:54:51 GMT

Thanks for the replies. I'll get a copy of the video and post it in the next couple of days.

Cheers

Re: Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Mark Lowrie — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:25:32 GMT

Hi Will, I agree that a paroxysmal dyskinesia remains a strong possibility but I would not be happy to call it based on a description (this is the easiest way to be caught out). If you can post the video here I would be happy to have a look as these paroxysmal disorders are best differentiated by viewing an episode.

Re: Unusual neuro (?) presentation

Richard Carter — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:00:33 GMT

Try looking up 'Spikes Disease' or canine epileptoid cramping syndrome - common in small terriers. And no - not that clever -I referred one similar to Cambridge for brain work-up and this is what came back....