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Common causes of thoracolumbar pain
In an interview at the Fetch dvm360® conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, Fred Wininger, VMD, MS, DACVIM (Neurology), reviewed common causes to consider when a patient is suffering from thoracolumbar pain.
In this dvm360® interview, Fred Wininger, VMD, MS, DACVIM (Neurology), who practices at Charlotte Animal Referral & Emergency in North Carolina, explains why certain dogs are susceptible to thoracolumbar pain, plus the multitiude of conditions that can cause it.
View the video below for the entire discussion. The following is a partial transcript.
Fred Wininger, VMD, MS, DACVIM (Neurology): There's lots of other things to consider [when a patient presents thorcolumbar pain, including] cancer of the spinal column, infections of the spinal column, disco spondylitis, and even trauma can cause the thoracolumbar pain as well. One of the other things that we have to always consider is inflammation of the nervous system itself.