title: [Porencephaly in a female Greater Swiss Mountain Dog].
abstract: A 15-month-old female Greater Swiss Mountain Dog was presented after an epileptic episode. In addition, the owner had noticed a recent marked change in the animal's behaviour. Because of the progressive nature of the neurological signs, a magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain was performed and porencephaly in the parietal lobe of the right hemisphere was diagnosed. The dog was euthanized and submitted for pathology. Because of the histopathological findings and the history of a craniocerebral injury whilst a puppy, a traumatic genesis of this rare cystic lesion is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Andruscha Siebke, Hauptstraße 24, 38277 Heere, E-Mail: a.siebke@t-online.de.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siebke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hewicker-Trautwein
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D065708:Porencephaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Brain injury; abnormal behaviour; cystic forebrain lesion; magnetic resonance imaging; posttraumatic epileptic seizures