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Stereotactic CT‐guided brain biopsy in the dog
Author(s) -
Moissonnier P.,
Blot S.,
Devauchelle P.,
Delisle F.,
Beuvon F.,
Boulha L.,
Colle MA.,
Lefrancois T.
Publication year - 2002
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.1748-5827.2002.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stereotactic biopsy , biopsy , lesion , brainstem , brain biopsy , radiology , brain tumor , pathology
This study evaluated the accuracy of a new stereotactic CT‐guided brain biopsy (SCTGBB) device on 23 client‐owned dogs which presented with a brain lesion. Biopsy of the lesion was achieved in 95 per cent of cases. The target tissue was not sampled in one dog. Complications were observed in six dogs. Two dogs with highly vascularised brainstem tumours died after SCTGBB. Minor complications (slight variation in the neurological status) were observed in a further four cases. A diagnosis was reached in 16 dogs after cytological examination and in 21 dogs after histological evaluation. SCTGBB is an accurate diagnostic method for the diagnosis of brain lesions.