tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: " Acupuncture treatment for idiopathic Horner's syndrome in a dog"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế về bệnh thú y đề tài: Acupuncture treatment for idiopathic Horner's syndrome in a dog | J. Vet. Sci. 2008 9 1 117-119 JOURNAL OF Case Report Veterinary Science Acupuncture treatment for idiopathic Horner s syndrome in a dog Sung-Jin Cho1 3 Okjin Kim1 2 Animal Disease Research Unit College of Life Science and Natural Resources and 2Center for Animal Resources Development Wonkwang University Iksan 570-749 Korea 3Family Animal Clinic Gunsan 573-351 Korea A one-year-old female English Cocker Spaniel dog with idiopathic Horner s Syndrome is described. The specific clinical signs in this specimen were miosis ptosis enophthalmos and prolapsed nictitans for 2 days following sudden onset. According to history taking ophthalmic neurological and radiological examination the patient was diagnosed with idiopathic Horner s syndrome. Manual acupuncture treatment was applied to the dog on local points two times in 2 days. The local acupoints were ST-4 Di Chang and GB-1 Tong Zi Liao . The day after the initial acupuncture treatment clinical signs related to idiopathic Horner s syndrome had almost disappeared. The day after the second treatment specific clinical signs were completely absent. During this period the dog did not receive any orthodox treatment. Thus it is suggested that manual acupuncture might be an effective therapy for idiopathic Horner s syndrome. Keywords acupuncture dog Horner s syndrome Oriental medicine Horner s syndrome is an oculosympathetic dysfunction that results from disruption of the sympathetic innervations to the eye and adnexa. Thus ophthalmologic signs are usually noted. Ptosis miosis and enophthalmos are the three main ocular signs of Horner s syndrome in human medicine 2 10 . This condition may be caused by neoplasms cysts inflammation injury or unknown causes 2 9 . In veterinary medicine the cardinal signs of Horner s syndrome are miosis ptosis enophthalmos and prolapsed nictitans 3 6 . The important causes of Horner s syndrome in dogs and cats were found to be trauma and optic problems but the etiology could not be determined in 50 .