NECROTIZING VASCULITIS OF THE SPINAL AND CEREBRAL LEPTOMENINGES IN A BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG

Citation
A. Gerhardt et al., NECROTIZING VASCULITIS OF THE SPINAL AND CEREBRAL LEPTOMENINGES IN A BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG, DTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift, 105(4), 1998, pp. 139-141
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
ISSN journal
03416593
Volume
105
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
139 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0341-6593(1998)105:4<139:NVOTSA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A case of necrotizing vasculitis involving the central nervous system in a seven month old Bernese mountain dog is reported. The clinical si gns include apathy, fever and increased head and cervical pain. The ce rebrospinal fluid was unusual viscous and bloody. In the EEG high acti vity and spikes were found. A hydrocephalus internus was confirmed by CT scan. On histopathological examination a necrotizing vasculitis on the medulla oblongata and spinal cord leptomeninges with perivascular granulomatous inflammation were detected. The neuropathological lesion s are consistent with those reported for the rare disease of necrotizi ng vasculitis in the central nervous system of Bernese mountain dogs, beagles and boxers. The cause in unknown.