Leukoencephalomalacia and laminar neuronal necrosis following smoke inhalation in a dog

Vet Pathol. 2011 Sep;48(5):1016-9. doi: 10.1177/0300985810384412. Epub 2010 Oct 12.

Abstract

Acute respiratory and neurologic disease after smoke inhalation are well documented, but human patients may also develop delayed-onset neurologic symptoms associated with leukoencephalomalacia after exposure to smoke or carbon monoxide. In this case, a dog developed progressive neurologic signs 6 days after rescue from an apartment fire. At necropsy 9 days after smoke inhalation, leukoencephalomalacia of the central cerebral white matter was accompanied by laminar necrosis of cerebrocortical neurons. This is the first report of delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy in a nonhuman animal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / chemically induced
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dog Diseases / therapy
  • Dogs
  • Encephalomalacia / chemically induced
  • Encephalomalacia / pathology
  • Encephalomalacia / therapy
  • Encephalomalacia / veterinary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Histocytochemistry / veterinary
  • Male
  • Smoke Inhalation Injury / pathology
  • Smoke Inhalation Injury / veterinary*