title: Imaging diagnosis--Conventional and functional magnetic resonance imaging of a brain abscess in a goat.
abstract: A 2-month-old female goat was presented for depressed mental status and multifocal central neurologic signs 3 weeks after hot-iron disbudding. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings included a large intra axial mass in the left frontal lobe that was T2 hyperintense and T1 hypointense centrally with a contrast-enhancing peripheral capsule and perilesional T2 hyperintensity. A restrictive pattern was present in diffusion-weighted imaging. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy demonstrated an increased amount of succinate, acetate, amino acids, lipids; minimal amounts of lactate; and decreased amounts of N-acetyl aspartate and choline. A cerebral abscess due to Trueperella pyogenes was confirmed from necropsy and tissue culture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse, 260 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dennler
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Carrera
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritz
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rütten
authors.forename: Patrick R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kircher
mesh_terms: D000191:Actinomycetaceae / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006041:Goats; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: brain abscess; functional MR; goat