Magnetic Moments

Vural SA, Besalti O, Ilhan F, et al.  Vet J 2006;172:185-187. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) together with clinical, pathomorphological and immunohistological methods, a ependymoma is described in a 9-year-old German Shepherd dog, which presented with behavioural and oculocephalic responses … Read More

PETER J. BROFMAN, DONALD E. THRALL. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2006;47:334-338. Eight months before admission to Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas (VSH), the patient had been seen by another veterinarian for a 4-day history of acute diso- rientation and … Read More

DICCON R. WESTWORTH, KAREN M. VERNAU, SEAN P. CULLEN, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2006;47:265-269. A 3-year-old dog with cervical myelopathy resulting from a vascular anomaly is described. Marked intradural-extramedullary spinal cord compression was observed, in association with multilevel … Read More

FERDINAND VON PRAUN, KASPAR MATIASEK, VERA GREVEL, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2006;47:260-264. Two young adult Yorkshire terriers had neurologic signs consistent with forebrain and brainstem involvement or forebrain involvement alone. On magnetic resonance imaging studies there were asymmetric … Read More

ANTHONY PEASE, STACEY SULLIVAN, NATASHA OLBY, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2006;47:254-259. Three case history reports are presented to illustrate the value of the single-shot turbo spin-echo pulse sequence for assessment of the subarachnoid space. The use of the … Read More

Rusbridge C, Greitz D, Iskandar BJ. J Vet Intern Med 2006;20:469-479. Syringomyelia is a condition that results in fluid-containing cavities within the parenchyma of the spinal cord as a consequence of altered cerebrospinal fluid dynamics. This review discusses the history … Read More

Snyder JM, Shofer FS, Van Winkle TJ, et al.  J Vet Intern Med 2006;20:669-675. This study investigates the clinical and pathologic findings associated with 173 primary brain tumors in our hospital population of dogs that presented between the years 1986 … Read More

Sturges BK, Dickinson PJ, Kortz GD, et al. J Vet Intern Med 2006;20:648-656. Brainstem dysfunction resulting from central extension of infection is a life-threatening complication of otitis media/interna (OMI) that has been described infrequently in dogs and cats. We review … Read More

JAIME E. SAGE, VALERIE F. SAMII, CARLEY J. ABRAMSON, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2006;47:249-253. T2-weighted fast spin echo and conventional spin echo are two magnetic resonance (MR) pulse sequences used to image the brain. Given the same scan … Read More

SHINJI TAMURA, YUMIKO TAMURA, TAKESHI TSUKA, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2006;47:142-144. An 8-year-old Yorkshire terrier developed acute onset coma and seizure after cranial trauma. Intracranial hemorrhage was suspected from the clinical signs and history. Low-field magnetic resonance (MR) … Read More