LVT, VTS (IM-Neurology) Veterinary Referral and Critical Care Richmond, Virginia, United States
Disclosure(s):
Vanessa Leiser, LVT, VTS (Neurology): No financial relationships to disclose
Hemangioblastomas are rare, generally benign tumors of the central nervous system that are highly vascular. They tend to multiply, as this patients did. In a 14 month period, multiple spinal tumors, later confirmed as hemangioblastomas, were found between the patients cervical and thoracic spine. In this presentation, we explore the diagnostics, nursing care, surgical intervention, treatments, and end of life care that this patient received while learning about this rare spinal cancer.
Learning Objectives:
The attendee will understand how to localize to different parts of the spine based on presenting clinical signs.
The attendee will understand how to care for a patient post spinal surgery.
The attendee will learn how to do a basic neurological examination of a patient's spine.
