Abstract
An 8-year-old female Boxer was examined for acute onset of seizures. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an intra-axial mass with imaging features consistent with glioma was observed in the right cerebral hemisphere. A defect in the temporal bone adjacent to the mass was observed. Postmortem computed tomography (CT) confirmed temporal bone osteolysis and necropsy demonstrated a glioblastoma with associated calvarial erosion. Although occasionally described in human medicine, to our knowledge, this is the first description of a brain glioma causing calvarial erosion in a dog. Glioma should be included as a differential diagnosis for intracranial lesions that could cause bony changes in the skull.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | E1-E5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Brain Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging
- Dogs
- Female
- Glioma/diagnostic imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Osteolysis/diagnostic imaging
- Skull/diagnostic imaging
- Temporal Bone/pathology
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
