Findings on low-field cranial MR images in epileptic dogs that lack interictal neurological deficits. Academic Article

abstract

• Recurrent seizuring is a common neurological problem in dogs and can present diagnostic difficulties for the attending clinician. Associated interictal neurological deficits strongly suggest brain disease but the frequency of structural abnormalities in patients without such deficits is unknown. In this study the prevalence of clinically significant magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities was determined in two groups of interictally normal dogs, those younger than 6 years and those older than 6 years of age. In the former group, only 1/46 dogs (2.2%) had significant MRI abnormalities, whereas in the latter group, 8/30 (26.7%) were abnormal. None of the dogs had an identifiable metabolic cause for the seizures. These findings suggest that the diagnostic yield of advanced neuroimaging techniques in young seizuring dogs without interictal neurological deficits is low, but reaffirms their value in similar older individuals.

authors

• Jeffery, Nicholas

published proceedings

• Vet J

author list (cited authors)

• Smith, P. M., Talbot, C. E., & Jeffery, N. D.

citation count

• 40

complete list of authors

• Smith, PM||Talbot, CE||Jeffery, ND

publication date

• January 2008

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• The Veterinary Journal  Journal

keywords

• Age Factors
• Animals
• Brain
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Epilepsy
• Female
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Neurologic Examination
• Radiography
• Seizures

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.03.003

start page

• 320

end page

• 325

volume

• 176

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.03.003