Diplomyelia and Hydromyelia in a Japanese Black Calf

Tethered spinal cord related to caudal spinal dysraphism in a tailless Holstein calf

“…The distinctive clinical symptoms and signs reflecting both motor and sensory neuron dysfunction, which are induced by the excessive tension on the spinal cord due to tethering, are often referred to as tethered cord syndrome. In cattle, some cases of closed spinal dysraphism such as segmental spinal dysgenesis with caudal agenesis [36], segmental hypoplasia [6,18,33], diplomyelia [7,20,30,31,34] and diastematomyelia [35] have been reported. However, there have been no such reports of TSC.…”