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Brain MRI findings in a dog with late onset epileptic seizure after portosystemic shunt attenuation
Author(s) -
Spinillo Simone,
Golini Lorenzo,
Motta Luca
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2020-001159
Subject(s) - medicine , portosystemic shunt , epilepsy , epileptic seizure , shunt (medical) , atrophy , fluid attenuated inversion recovery , seizure disorders , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , pathology , surgery , portal hypertension , cirrhosis , psychiatry
SUMMARY A female Tibetan terrier aged five years and six months presented 23 months after portosystemic shunt attenuation due to generalised tonic–clonic epileptic seizure activity. Repeat MRI of the brain showed symmetrical T2‐weighted hyperintense lesions affecting the cerebral grey matter bilaterally suggestive of cerebral atrophy and polioencephalomalacia. Cerebral atrophy and polioencephalomalacia could develop after successful attenuation of portosystemic shunt surgery.