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Brain herniation through skull injury in a 1-year-old Chihuahua
By Hamon, Martin et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2024·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Surgical Management of a Traumatic Brain Herniation Through the Bregmatic Fontanelle in a Dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 1-year-old female Chihuahua was brought to the vet after suffering a traumatic skull injury. Imaging tests showed that her brain was herniating through a soft spot on her skull called the bregmatic fontanelle. The vet was able to manually reduce the herniation and then repaired the area with a special mesh. This case is notable as it's the first time such a condition has been reported in a dog.
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Abstract
A 1 yr old female Chihuahua was presented for traumatic skull injury. Computed tomography revealed brain herniation through the bregmatic fontanelle. The hernia was manually reduced, and the defect was repaired using a polypropylene mesh. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of brain herniation through the bregmatic fontanelle in a dog.
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