Journal article
Computed tomography diagnosis of eight dogs with brain infarction
Australian Veterinary Journal, Vol.88(10), pp.374-380
2010
Abstract
Objective: Medical records of eight dogs presenting with acute onset of neurological signs and a diagnosis of brain infarction as determined by computed tomography (CT) imaging were reviewed. Design: Retrospective single-centre case review. Results: Ischaemic infarction in the territory of the rostral cerebellar artery was identified in three spaniel-breed dogs. All cerebellar infarcts were non-haemorrhagic. Telencephalic infarcts were identified in five dogs, in the territories of the middle cerebral artery (2/5) and rostral cerebral artery (3/5). One of these dogs had an ischaemic infarction, but all other infarctions appeared haemorrhagic. All dogs were geriatric (≥8 years old), with concurrent medical conditions identified in six dogs. One dog was euthanased after diagnosis because of the severity of its neurological signs and one dog was euthanased as a result of associated renal disease 2 months after diagnosis. Six dogs were alive at least 1 year after diagnosis. Conclusions: CT is useful in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident in dogs, which can present as a spectrum of images with early changes in attenuation and subtle mass effects detected after infarction. CT is particularly sensitive for detecting haemorrhagic infarction, but under-represent ischaemic and lacunar infarctions when compared with MRI.
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- Title
- Computed tomography diagnosis of eight dogs with brain infarction
- Authors/Creators
- A.E.H. Paul (Author/Creator)Z. Lenard (Author/Creator)C.S. Mansfield (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Australian Veterinary Journal, Vol.88(10), pp.374-380
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Identifiers
- 991005540448907891
- Copyright
- © 2010 The Authors. Australian Veterinary Journal © 2010 Australian Veterinary Association.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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