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Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog

Ana Cloquell, Isidro Mateo.


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Abstract
Background
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.
Case description
A clinical case of a Great Dane dog with forebrain signs and magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography findings compatible with intracranial abscess associated with inflammatory changes in orbital musculature is described. An exploratory rostro-tentorial craniotomy with durotomy was performed, allowing the drainage of purulent content and the extraction of a plant foreign body from the cerebral parenchyma. Antibiotic treatment was instituted and the patient was discharged without recurrence of neurological deficits other than quarterly seizures. Six months later, revision magnetic resonance was performed revealing resolution of the intracranial lesion and the normalization of the extracranial tissues.
Conclusion
This is the first case in veterinary literature in which a grass awn has been surgically extracted from the brain of a dog with long-term outcome described. Observed changes in the extracranial musculature were fundamental to establish pre-surgical diagnosis of a migratory foreign body.

Key words: brain abscess, plant foreign body, rostro-tentorial craniectomy


 
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Cloquell A, Mateo I, . Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog. Open Vet J. 2019; 9(3): 216-221. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5


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Cloquell A, Mateo I, . Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog. Open Vet J. 2019; 9(3): 216-221. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5



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Cloquell A, Mateo I, . Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog. Open Vet J. (2019), [cited March 13, 2024]; 9(3): 216-221. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5



Harvard Style

Cloquell, A. . ., Mateo, I. . & (2019) Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog. Open Vet J, 9 (3), 216-221. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5



Turabian Style

Cloquell, Ana , Isidro Mateo, and . 2019. Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog. Open Veterinary Journal, 9 (3), 216-221. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5



Chicago Style

Cloquell, Ana , Isidro Mateo, and . "Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog." Open Veterinary Journal 9 (2019), 216-221. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Cloquell, Ana , Isidro Mateo, and . "Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog." Open Veterinary Journal 9.3 (2019), 216-221. Print. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Cloquell, A. . ., Mateo, I. . & (2019) Surgical management of a brain abscess due to plant foreign body in a dog. Open Veterinary Journal, 9 (3), 216-221. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i3.5