Myasthenia gravis and hypothyroidism in a dog with meningomyelitis

J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2005 Jul-Aug;41(4):247-51. doi: 10.5326/0410247.

Abstract

A 12-year-old, spayed female miniature poodle was evaluated because of a 4-day history of paraparesis, dysuria, and tenesmus. Neurological assessment suggested peripheral nervous system dysfunction, predominantly pelvic limb weakness with a possible concurrent sixth lumbar (L(6)) to second sacral (S(2)) myelopathy. Further studies supported the diagnoses of myasthenia gravis, hypothyroidism, and meningomyelitis. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of concurrent myasthenia gravis and meningomyelitis in the dog. It was unclear whether the identified conditions evolved from a shared etiopathogenesis or were merely coincidental.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Comorbidity
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy
  • Dog Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
  • Hypothyroidism / epidemiology
  • Hypothyroidism / veterinary*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Meningitis / drug therapy
  • Meningitis / epidemiology
  • Meningitis / veterinary*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / drug therapy
  • Myasthenia Gravis / epidemiology
  • Myasthenia Gravis / veterinary*
  • Myelitis / drug therapy
  • Myelitis / epidemiology
  • Myelitis / veterinary*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Thyroxine / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Thyroxine
  • Prednisone