IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—CONVENTIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF A BRAIN ABSCESS IN A GOAT |
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| Authors: | Matthias Dennler Inés Carrera Katrin Beckmann Julia Ritz Maja Rütten Patrick R Kircher |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, , Winterthurerstrasse, 260 8057 Zurich Switzerland;2. Section of Neurology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, , Winterthurerstrasse, 260 8057 Zurich Switzerland;3. Department of Farm Animals, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, , Winterthurerstrasse, 260 8057 Zurich Switzerland;4. Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, , Winterthurerstrasse, 260 8057 Zurich Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | A 2‐month‐old female goat was presented for depressed mental status and multifocal central neurologic signs 3 weeks after hot‐iron disbudding. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings included a large intra axial mass in the left frontal lobe that was T2 hyperintense and T1 hypointense centrally with a contrast‐enhancing peripheral capsule and perilesional T2 hyperintensity. A restrictive pattern was present in diffusion‐weighted imaging. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy demonstrated an increased amount of succinate, acetate, amino acids, lipids; minimal amounts of lactate; and decreased amounts of N‐acetyl aspartate and choline. A cerebral abscess due to Trueperella pyogenes was confirmed from necropsy and tissue culture. |
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| Keywords: | brain abscess functional MR goat |
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