Open AccessSurgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog
Author(s) -
Ana Cloquell,
Isidro Mateo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2226-4485
pISSN - 2218-6050
DOI - 10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , abscess , magnetic resonance imaging , craniotomy , surgery , brain abscess , lesion , radiology
Intracranial abscesses as a result of grass awn migration have been rarely described in the veterinary literature. The identification of their radiological features is mandatory for proper diagnosis. As occurs with abscesses in other organs, surgical drainage and directed antibiotic therapy should be considered the treatment of choice.