The patient is an 8year old MN Australian Shepherd dog presented with a 12 hours history of having clonal focal seizures that mainly involved the face.
Physical exam: Tachycardia on presentation, no murmur. Very Ataxic
CBC/checm wnl
The patient is an 8year old MN Australian Shepherd dog presented with a 12 hours history of having clonal focal seizures that mainly involved the face.
Physical exam: Tachycardia on presentation, no murmur. Very Ataxic
CBC/checm wnl
CT of the head, plain and post contrast – The computed tomography of the head is within normal limits.
No abnormalities of the brain parenchyma are noted, the attenuation properties and
vascular enhancement pattern are as expected. The cerebral hemispheres are symmetric
in size, there is minor asymmetry of the lateral ventricles. The dimension of the
ventricular system is overall within normal limits.
There is a small spherical mineralization within the cerebral falx, which is an
incidental finding without clinical significance.
There are no bony or dental abnormalities noted.
The tongue, larynx, retropharyngeal and submandibular lymph nodes as well as the
salivary glands do not present any abnormalities.
An underlying cause for the seizure activities is not identified. To rule out pathologies
that do not present with structural changes the computed tomography of the head should be complemented by examination of CSF.
