A case of a dog with thickened calvaria with neurologic symptoms: Magneticresonance imaging (MRI) findings

A 6-year-old female mongrel dog weighing 9.0 kg was presented ananastatic, with clouding of consciousness, bilateral loss of hearing and depressed rea ctivity of the eyes to light. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination showed that the calvaria was markedly thickened with compression to the cer ebrum and cerebellum. The case of a dog with thickened calvaria with compre ssion of the cerebrum and cerebellum which could not be diagnosed by conven tional measures was amenable to diagnosis by MRI. With increased applicatio n of MRI examination, such canine cases might increase in number.