Magnetic resonance imaging pattern recognition of metabolic and neurodegenerative encephalopathies in dogs and cats.

ABSTRACT: Metabolic/neurodegenerative encephalopathies encompass a wide list of conditions that share similar clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics, challenging the diagnostic process and resulting in numerous tests performed in order to reach a definitive diagnosis. The aims of this multicentric, retrospective and descriptive study are: (I) to describe the MRI features of dogs and cats with metabolic/neurodegenerative encephalopathies; (II) to attempt an MRI recognition pattern classifying these conditions according to the involvement of grey matter, white matter or both; and (III) to correlate the MRI findings with previous literature. A total of 100 cases were recruited, comprising 81 dogs and 19 cats. These included hepatic encephalopathy (20 dogs and three cats), myelino

SUBMITTER: Miguel-Garces M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11319130 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature