Case report: fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy in a dog

This case report gives details concerning fibrocartilaginous arterial embolism leading to an ischemic myelopathy in a dog. Using various histochemical techniques, the material occluding the vessels was found to be similar to that reported for fibrocartilaginous ground substance of the nucleus pulposus. The pathway by which this material enters the arterial vasculature of the spinal cord is not known.