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ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2019

MRI in 30 cats with traumatic brain injury.

Abby Caine, Robert Brash, Luisa De Risio, Jan Van Dijk, Giunio Bruto Cherubini, Ruth Dennis

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Article in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abby CaineDepartment of Imaging, Dick White Referrals, Six Mile Bottom, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0496-2648
Robert BrashDepartment of Imaging, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK.
Luisa De RisioDepartment of Neurology, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK.
Jan Van DijkCentre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK.
Giunio Bruto CherubiniDepartment of Neurology, Dick White Referrals, Six Mile Bottom, UK.
Ruth DennisDepartment of Imaging, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK.
Animal Health Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the MRI findings in cats following traumatic brain injury (TBI), and establish which features identified might correlate with prognosis.

methodsThe magnetic resonance images of 30 cats with clinical signs attributed to the brain following TBI were retrospectively reviewed to assess the imaging features seen and their correlation with outcome.

resultsTwenty-one of 30 cats had a good outcome (full recovery or minor ongoing neurological deficits); the other nine either died or had ongoing neurological deficits that significantly affected quality of life. There was evidence of parenchymal injury in only 20/30 cats, including 8/9 that had a poor outcome. The frequency of bilateral or multifocal parenchymal lesions on T2-weighted imaging, and mass effect, particularly caudal transtentorial herniation, was statistically significantly higher in patients with a poorer outcome. Extra-axial haemorrhage was not identified. Concurrent soft tissue injury was noted in all cats, with a poorer prognosis statistically associated with a peripharyngeal pattern of injury and orbital trauma. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The number of cases with MRI-identified brain pathology, the patterns of injuries identified and the specific imaging features that appear to have effects on prognosis differ in this series of cats from those published in similar case series of dogs. Further work is needed to establish if cat-specific guidelines are needed to assess brain MRI following trauma.

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Cat DiseasesAnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticCatsFemaleMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleRetrospective Studiesmagnetic resonance imagingMRITBITraumatic brain injury

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PMID30565962
PMCPMC10814270
OpenAlexW2904189219

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