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Fig. 5

From: Calcification of extruded intervertebral discs in dachshunds: a radiographic, computed tomographic and histopathological study of 25 cases

Fig. 5

Photomicrographs of extruded disc material from the L2–L3 intervertebral disc in dog no. 25. In this dog, calcification was not detected on preoperative radiographs, neither in the L2–L3 disc space nor in the vertebral canal (see Fig. 4a). a Multiple crystalline fragments of various sizes (arrows) in extruded nucleus pulposus tissue. HE staining (Obj. ×40). b Calcification in the extruded nucleus pulposus, verified by brownish black deposits (arrows). Von Kossa staining (Obj. ×40)

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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147