Traumatic intracerebral hematoma in a dog: MR images and clinical findings.
A nine-year-old, male, mongrel dog was unsteady after falling down a set of stairs. The dog exhibited a mildly abnormal gait 2 days after injury, and was not able to stand, with spasticity of the right limbs, 4 days after injury. MR imaging revealed a clearly demarcated mass on the top of the left lateral ventricle that showed mild hyperintensity on T1-weighted images and hyperintensity on T2-weighted images. The authors diagnosed the dog as having a traumatic intracerebral hematoma. This type of case, in which the clinical signs deteriorated due to edema associated with hematoma, is extremely rare.
Kitagawa
Masato
M
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Okada
Midori
M
Kanayama
Kiichi
K
Sakai
Takeo
T
D000818:Animals; D020202:Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D004285:Dogs / Q000293:injuries*; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography