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Clinical improvement in two dogs with hydrocephalus and syringohydromyelia after ventriculoperitoneal shunting |
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| Authors: | Kitagawa M Ueno H Watanabe S Igarashi O Uzuka Y Kanayama K Sakai T |
| Institution: | Laboratory of Comprehensive Veterinary Clinical Studies; Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan; Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Radiology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Kushiro Animal Hospital, Kushiro 085-0008, Japan; Department of Veterinary Physiology; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan |
| Abstract: | Two young Miniature Dachshunds were presented with abnormal gait. Magnetic resonance imaging showed, hydrocephalus with expanding fourth ventricle, and syringohydromyelia in the cervical spinal cord. These dogs underwent ventricle-peritoneal shunting, after which hydrocephalus, syringohydromyelia, and their clinical signs, improved. |
| Keywords: | dog hydrocephalus MRI syringohydromyelia VP shunting |
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