Long‐term outcome of a surgically resected intracranial vascular hamartoma in a dog
| Autor: | Martí Pumarola, Pablo Fernandez Rodriguez, Paula Ruhi, Alejandro Luján Feliu-Pascual, Lucia Vicens Zanoguera |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Foramen magnum General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test 040301 veterinary sciences business.industry Vascular Hamartoma medicine.medical_treatment 0402 animal and dairy science Neurological examination 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease 040201 dairy & animal science 0403 veterinary science Lesion medicine.anatomical_structure Midline shift Biopsy medicine Hamartoma Radiology medicine.symptom business Craniotomy |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Record Case Reports. 8 |
| ISSN: | 2052-6121 |
| Popis: | A 13-year-old, 6.25-kg (13.8-lb) female mongrel was referred to the authors’ hospital with an acute-onset left pleurothotonus and intermittent opisthotonus. Neurological examination showed clinical signs consistent with a multifocal brain lesion, and neoplastic, vascular, inflammatory and infectious conditions were considered. Precontrast and postcontrast CT images of the brain were obtained and revealed a precontrast hyperattenuating lesion with ring enhancement affecting the left frontoparietal junction. There was severe perilesional oedema, moderate midline shift, and left caudal transtentorial and foramen magnum herniations. A neoplastic lesion with a recent haemorrhagic component was therefore suspected. Following medical treatment with a mannitol bolus and prednisone for eight days, the neurological examination was considered normal. A dark-grey capsulated mass was removed during a left frontoparietal craniectomy. Immediate postsurgical CT confirmed complete excision. Biopsy results were consistent with a cerebral vascular hamartoma. At 27-month follow-up, the dog was clinically normal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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