Two cases of meningocele and meningoencephalocele in Jeju native pigs.

Autor: Cho IC; National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, 690-150, Republic of Korea. choic4753@korea.kr., Park YS; College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea. vetmedicine@naver.com., Yoo JG; National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, 690-150, Republic of Korea. vetjack@korea.kr., Han SH; Educational Science Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea. hansh04@naver.com., Cho SR; National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, 690-150, Republic of Korea. chosr@korea.kr., Park HB; Division of Animal and Dairy Science (Brain Korea 21 plus Program), Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 305-764, Republic of Korea. heebok.park@cnu.ac.kr., Jeon KL; College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea. prevet001@hanmail.net., Moon KH; College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea. bluemoon1210@naver.com., Cho HS; College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea. albatross1@lycos.co.kr., Kang TY; College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea. tykang87@jejunu.ac.kr.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC veterinary research [BMC Vet Res] 2015 Apr 09; Vol. 11, pp. 89. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 09.
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0404-y
Abstrakt: Background: Meningocele and meningoencephalocele of the skull are congenital deformities. Various species, such as pigs, dogs, and cats, are susceptible to congenital meningocele and meningoencephalocele and the incidence is higher in large white and landrace pigs.
Case Presentation: In this study, swelling was observed in the fontanel areas of the median planes of the skull cap in two female piglets of the same litter. Gross clinical examination, neurological examination, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were conducted on the symptomatic piglets. The gross clinical and neurological examinations revealed no specific findings, except for the swellings. According to the CT results, the length of the defect on the sagittal section of the skull was 4.7 mm in case 1 and 20.62 mm in case 2. Connected flow between the skull swellings and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the lateral ventricles was observed, and partial herniation was identified in case 2. On MRI, CSF with high T2 signals was identified in the arachnoid spaces between the cerebrum and the cerebellum in the two cases, which is consistent with intracranial hypertension. The size of the swelling formed in the parietal bones was 1.6 × 1.1 × 1.8 cm(3) (case 1) and 1.2 × 1.38 × 1.7 cm(3) (case 2). The increase in intracranial pressure was more obvious in case 2 than in case 1, and was accompanied by posterior displacements of the mesencephalon and cerebellum.
Conclusions: Case 1 was diagnosed as meningocele resulting from meningeal herniation and case 2 was diagnosed as meningoencephalocele caused by brain tissue herniation.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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