title: Brain abscess in a Japanese black calf: utility of computed tomography (CT).
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) was used for diagnosis of brain abscess in a 6-month-old, Japanese black calf presented with neurological dysfunction, compulsive circling and vision disturbance. CT images showed asymmetric lateral ventricles, and presence of intra-cranial multiple low absorption lesions surrounded by capsule suggestive of abscess in the right cerebral hemisphere. Postmortem examination revealed marked swelling of right cerebral hemisphere and olfactory bulb. Multilocular large abscess containing creamy pus was found to occupy most area of periventricular and lateral ventricle. Fusobacterium necrophrum was isolated from the abscess contents as the causative agent. These results demonstrate that CT is useful tool for tentative diagnosis of bovine brain abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Sabry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El-Khodery
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Kyouhei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamio
authors.forename: Miori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Yoshiyasu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inokuma
authors.forename: Sen-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Takane
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary*