title: IMAGING DIAGNOSIS - MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF INTRACRANIAL INFLAMMATORY FIBROSARCOMA IN A MIXED BREED DOG.
abstract: An 8-year-old mixed-breed dog presented with progressive behavioral changes and altered mentation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed an olfactory and frontal lobe extra-axial mass. The mass exhibited the following MRI signal intensity characteristics: T2W mixed, T1W iso- to hypointense, FLAIR hyperintense, and strong contrast enhancement. The mass was removed with cavitronic ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA) assisted neurosurgery. Based on histopathological appearance and immunohistochemistry, the diagnosis of inflammatory fibrosarcoma was made. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing MRI characteristics of intracranial inflammatory fibrosarcoma in the veterinary literature.
authors: Dick White Referrals, London Road, Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, CB8 0UH.
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Scarpante
authors: Dick White Referrals, London Road, Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, CB8 0UH.
authors: Viktor
authors: V
authors: Palus
authors: Royal Veterinary College, London, NW1 0TU, UK.
authors: Brian Alan
authors: BA
authors: Summers
authors: Dick White Referrals, London Road, Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, CB8 0UH.
authors: Abby
authors: A
authors: Caine
authors: Dick White Referrals, London Road, Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, CB8 0UH.
authors: Giunio Bruto
authors: GB
authors: Cherubini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000662:veterinary; D059708:Ultrasonic Surgical Procedures / Q000662:veterinary
keywords: canine; central nervous system; inflammatory fibrosarcoma; inflammatory pseudotumor; magnetic resonance; neoplasia