Feline ischemic myelopathy and encephalopathy secondary to hyaline arteriopathy in five cats
| Autor: | Helena Rylander, Viktor Palus, Abby Caine, Brian A. Summers, Chad West, Joshua Gehrke, Howard Steinberg, Taryn Donovan, Giunio Bruto Cherubini, Philip R Fox, Salih Eminaga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Hyalin Central nervous system Encephalopathy Contrast Media Cat Diseases Spinal Cord Diseases Brain Ischemia Diagnosis Differential Necrosis Cerebrospinal fluid medicine.artery medicine Basilar artery Animals Small Animals Hyaline CATS business.industry Spinal Cord Ischemia Brain Spinal cord medicine.disease Aneurysm Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Cats Histopathology Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of feline medicine and surgery. 16(10) |
| ISSN: | 1532-2750 |
| Popis: | Five cats presented with acute-onset neurological signs. Magnetic resonance imaging in four cats showed a T2-weighted hyperintense spinal cord lesion that was mildly contrast-enhancing in three cats. Owing to inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid changes three cats were treated with immunosuppression. One cat was treated with antibiotics. All cats improved initially, but were eventually euthanased owing to the recurrence of neurological signs. Histopathology in all cats showed hyaline degeneration of the ventral spinal artery, basilar artery or associated branches with aneurysmal dilation, thrombosis and ischemic degeneration and necrosis of the spinal cord and brain. Two cats also had similar vascular changes in meningeal vessels. Vascular hyaline degeneration resulting in vascular aneurysmal dilation and thrombosis should be a differential diagnosis in cats presenting with acute central nervous system signs. |
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