Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with brain tumor causing left side weakness and eye sinking
By Kitagawa, Masato et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2004·Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Cerebellopontine angle meningioma expanding into the sella turcica in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old female poodle was brought in because she was showing weakness on her left side and had balance issues, along with a sunken eye and cheek muscle loss. An MRI scan showed a tumor at the base of her brain. The vet performed surgery to remove the tumor, which was identified as a fibroblastic meningioma, but unfortunately, the dog did not survive the anesthesia and passed away.
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Abstract
A 10-year-old, female poodle was presented with left paresis and vestibular signs, following left enophthalmus and atrophy of the cheek. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass along the base of the brain and extending from the left cerebellopontine angle to the sella turcica. The mass showed isointensity on the T1-weighted image and T2-weighted image, and was enhanced by contrast medium (Gd-DTPA). Although occipital craniotomy was carried out and the mass removed, the dog died without recovering from the anesthesia. The tumor was diagnosed pathologically as fibroblastic meningioma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14960821/