title: Ultrasonography of the brain and vertebral canal in dogs and cats: 15 cases (1988-1993).
abstract: Medical records of 3 cats and 12 dogs with lesions of the brain (3 cats, 2 dogs) or vertebral canal (10 dogs) that underwent intraoperative ultrasonography were reviewed. Ultrasonography was performed after craniotomy, a ventral slot procedure, or laminectomy, using a real-time sector scanner with a 7.5- or 10-MHz transducer. In the 3 cats and 2 dogs with brain lesions, cerebral masses were hyperechoic, compared with normal brain, and were easily located. In the 2 dogs, ultrasonography was necessary to localize deep-seated cerebral lesions that could not be seen following craniotomy. In 7 dogs that underwent a ventral slot procedure because of prolapse of an intervertebral disk, ultrasonography was successfully used to assess completeness of disk removal. The remaining 3 dogs underwent dorsal laminectomy because intradural enlargement of the spinal cord (1 dog) or an intradural mass (2 dogs) could be seen myelographically. In the 2 dogs with intradural masses, intraoperative ultrasonography helped to delineate the extent of the tumor. In the third dog, spinal cord swelling was seen ultrasonographically; the histologic diagnosis was spinal cord edema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Penninck
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Boudrieau
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Schelling
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography