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Breed-Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Necrotizing Encephalitis in Dogs

Diagnosing necrotizing encephalitis, with its subcategories of necrotizing leukoencephalitis and necrotizing meningoencephalitis, based on magnetic resonance imaging alone can be challenging. However, there are breed-specific imaging characteristics in both subcategories that allow establishing a cl...

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Autor principal: Flegel, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5723069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255715
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00203
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description Diagnosing necrotizing encephalitis, with its subcategories of necrotizing leukoencephalitis and necrotizing meningoencephalitis, based on magnetic resonance imaging alone can be challenging. However, there are breed-specific imaging characteristics in both subcategories that allow establishing a clinical diagnosis with a relatively high degree of certainty. Typical breed specific imaging features, such as lesion distribution, signal intensity, contrast enhancement, and gross changes of brain structure (midline shift, ventriculomegaly, and brain herniation) are summarized here, using current literature, for the most commonly affected canine breeds: Yorkshire Terrier, French Bulldog, Pug, and Chihuahua.
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spelling pubmed-57230692017-12-18 Breed-Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Necrotizing Encephalitis in Dogs Flegel, Thomas Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Diagnosing necrotizing encephalitis, with its subcategories of necrotizing leukoencephalitis and necrotizing meningoencephalitis, based on magnetic resonance imaging alone can be challenging. However, there are breed-specific imaging characteristics in both subcategories that allow establishing a clinical diagnosis with a relatively high degree of certainty. Typical breed specific imaging features, such as lesion distribution, signal intensity, contrast enhancement, and gross changes of brain structure (midline shift, ventriculomegaly, and brain herniation) are summarized here, using current literature, for the most commonly affected canine breeds: Yorkshire Terrier, French Bulldog, Pug, and Chihuahua. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5723069/ /pubmed/29255715 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00203 Text en Copyright © 2017 Flegel. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Breed-Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Necrotizing Encephalitis in Dogs
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title_fullStr Breed-Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Necrotizing Encephalitis in Dogs
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title_short Breed-Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Necrotizing Encephalitis in Dogs
title_sort breed-specific magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of necrotizing encephalitis in dogs
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5723069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255715
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