Sequential magnetic resonance imaging of an intracranial hematoma in a dog

Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2006 Mar-Apr;47(2):142-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2006.00120.x.

Abstract

An 8-year-old Yorkshire terrier developed acute onset coma and seizure after cranial trauma. Intracranial hemorrhage was suspected from the clinical signs and history. Low-field magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a round mass within the right cerebral hemisphere, compressing the right lateral ventricle and displacing the longitudinal fissure to the left. The lesion was hypointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images, consistent with an acute hemorrhage. MR imaging was performed every 24 h for 6 days from 1 h after the injury, and then on day 14 of hospitalization. With time, the signal intensity changed to hyperintense on Ti-weighted images. On T2-weighted images the center of the mass changed to hypointense, and then to hyperintense with a hypointense rim. These changes of signal intensity were related to hemoglobin oxidation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / complications
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / pathology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / veterinary*
  • Coma / etiology
  • Coma / veterinary
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / veterinary
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / veterinary