Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dogs and cats with presumed or confirmed intracranial abscessation have low apparent diffusion coefficient values.
- Journal:
- Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association
- Year:
- 2022
- Authors:
- Scherf, Grégoire et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Clinical Sciences · United States
Abstract
Intracranial abscessation is a life-threatening condition in dogs and cats, and rapid diagnosis is important for prognosis and treatment planning. The aims of this retrospective, single-center, case series study were to describe clinical and MRI diffusion-weighted imaging characteristics in three dogs and three cats with presumed or confirmed intracranial abscessation. All lesions appeared hyperintense on b1000 trace diffusion-weighted images, hypointense on apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map, with mean ADC values ranging from 0.37 to 1.24 × 10 mm/s. The majority (5/6) of the obtained mean ADC values were low (<1.10 × 10 mm/s), as previously reported in the human literature.
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Search related cases →Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35050530/