Computer tomography diagnosis of meningoencephalocele in a calf.
A 24-day-old female Holstein calf had a soft, painless fluctuating swelling on the median plane in the frontal region, but did not show any clinical symptoms including neurological signs. Computer tomography (CT) distinctly showed the cyst filled with fluid and part of the encephalon. Hence, this swelling was diagnosed as meningoencephalocele, but not meningocele. The meningoencephalocele was successfully repaired surgically. Meningoencephalocele can thus be easily recognised by CT in a calf.
Ohba
Yasunori
Y
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
Iguchi
Tomonori
T
Hirose
Yoshino
Y
Takasu
Masaki
M
Nishii
Naohito
N
Maeda
Sadatoshi
S
Kitagawa
Hitoshi
H
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography