Are there any clues for lesion localisation in neurologic disorders?

Year 2020, Vetexpo-2019, KHVD-2019, 10 - 10, 31.03.2020

Ebru Eravcı Yalın

Abstract

The main component of a neurologic examination are evaluation of mental status and behavioral changes,
posture and gait analysis, postural reactions, cranial nerve examination, pelvic and thoracic limbs reflexes
and paravertebral palpation, palpating muscle tone and muscle atrophy, cutaneus trunci reflex and
nociception testing, urinary bladder palpation and perineal reflex. After this neurologic examination we
can localize the neurologic lesion by using our neuroanatomy knowledge. For diagnosing and localisation
the neurologic lesion, we do not need a deep neuroanatomic knowledge and to perform every step of the
neurological examination. To know clinical signs are observed when spesific regions of the nervous
system are affected is sufficient for us. Differentiating the presence of the forebrain lesion in a large
circling dog, and the vestibular lesion in a small circling dog, diagnosing a neck or back lesion according
to posture of the patient and making a localisation for spinal cord lesion with only patellar reflex and
withdrawal reflex, are possible with functional neuroanatomy knowledge.

Keywords

neurologic examination, withdrawal reflex, gait analysis, cat, dog

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