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Ischaemic encephalopathy and focal granulomatous meningoencephalitis in the cat
Author(s) -
ZAKI F. A.,
NAFE L. A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1980.tb01370.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meningoencephalitis , encephalopathy , pathology , cats , etiology , feline infectious peritonitis , infarction , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , covid-19 , myocardial infarction
Three cats were presented with neurological deficits compatible with cerebral disease. Two of the cats had temporal lobe infarction diagnosed as ischaemic encephalopathy; one cat had granulomatous inflammation, diagnosed as focal granulomatous meningoencephalitis. In all three cases the lesions were characterized by necrotic, cavitated areas. Vascular insult was the cause of the ischaemic encephalopathy and the focal granulomatous meningoencephalitis may have been caused by feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) virus. An infectious aetiology, possibly FIP virus, is proposed for the ischaemic encephalopathy. A relationship between these two neurological diseases may exist.