Articles that deal with magnetic resonance imaging also known as a “MRI scan”
Jose-Lopez R, la Fuente CD, Anor S. The Journal of Small Animal Practice 2012;53:554-557. Clinical signs and magnetic resonance imaging findings of multiple brain infarcts in two dogs infected with Leishmania spp. are reported. Clinical signs of intracranial dysfunction were … Read More
Roynard P, Behr S, Barone G, et al. The Journal of small animal practice 2012;53:543-548. Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis has been described in humans as a rare, chronic progressive non-specific inflammatory and fibrotic disease of the dura mater. This is a … Read More
Gutierrez-Quintana R, Edgar J, Wessmann A, et al. The Journal of Small Animal Practice 2012;53:470-475. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the accuracy of the cutaneous trunci reflex to localise thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries and to assess the correlation between focal loss (cut-off) … Read More
Smolders LA, Voorhout G, van de Ven R, et al. Vet Surg 2012;41:720-732. OBJECTIVE: To assess pedicle screw-rod fixation (PSRF) of the canine lumbosacral junction (LSJ) ex vivo and in vivo. STUDY DESIGN: Ex vivo cadaver study and in vivo … Read More
Sumner JP, Hardie RJ, Henningson JN, et al. Vet Surg 2012;41:655-663. OBJECTIVE: To (1) investigate the tissue response to a novel urethral bulking agent, polyethylene glycol carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel (PEG-CMC) injected submucosally in the canine urethra and (2) compare PEG-CMC … Read More
Murata D, Miura N, Iwanaga T, et al. J Vet Med Sci 2012;74:913-915. A 12-year-old neutered male shih tzu developed progressive pelvic limb paraparesis. Computed tomography showed a radiolucent mass lesion in the spinal canal at the left side of … Read More
Van Ryssen B, de Bakker E, Beaumlin Y, et al. Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2012;25:239-245. OBJECTIVE: To describe the radiographic, ultrasonographic, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and arthroscopic findings in eight dogs with elbow lameness caused by primary … Read More
Boekhoff TM, Flieshardt C, Ensinger EM, et al. J Spinal Disord Tech 2012;25:E81-87. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The mechanisms of injury in spinal cord injury in dogs are similar to those in human patients and the dog is considered to … Read More
Simpson K, Battersby I, Lowrie M. Journal of feline medicine and surgery 2012;14:350-355. Presenting signs and initial investigations: An 8-year-old female spayed British shorthair cat was presented with a history of waxing and waning neurological signs. Neuroanatomical localisation was consistent … Read More
Motta L, Mandara MT, Skerritt GC. Veterinary journal 2012;192:153-165. Meningiomas are the most common primary brain tumours in dogs and cats. There are several morphological phenotypes of this extra-axial neoplasm and they show predilections for certain anatomical locations. There have … Read More