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ArticleVeterinary sciences2022

Malformation of the Cortical Development Associated with Severe Clusters of Epileptic Seizures.

Aurora Cocchetto, Antonella Gallucci, Federica Biggio, Carlo Cantile

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epileptic seizures in cats: practical approaches to diagnosis.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aurora CocchettoSan Marco Veterinary Clinic and Laboratory, Neurology and Neurosurgery Division, 35030 Veggiano, Italy.
Antonella GallucciVeterinary Neurological Centre "La Fenice", 09047 Selargius, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5772-2712
Federica BiggioVeterinary Neurological Centre "La Fenice", 09047 Selargius, Italy.
Carlo CantileDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa (PI), 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0141-6449
University of Pisa · ITVeterinary Oncological Center · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three cases of the malformation of the cortical development are described: a mixed breed dog and a Border Collie pup with a focal and diffuse cortical dysplasia, respectively, and a kitten with lissencephaly. All cases presented with intractable epilepsy and were euthanized, due to the cluster of epileptic seizures. The gross examination at necropsy revealed the morphologic alteration of the telencephalic region in two cases. Histopathologically, a disorganization of the cortical lamination with the presence of megalic neurons, was found in the focal cortical dysplasia case. An altered organization of the white and gray matter, with a loss of the normal neuronal distribution and altered neurons, characterized the diffuse cortical dysplasia case. In the lissencephalic cat, there was no recognizable organization of the brain with areas of neuroglial tissue forming nodules in the leptomeningeal space. We strongly support the hypothesis that, as in humans, as well as in the veterinary patients, malformations of the cortical development could be the cause of refractory epilepsy.

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canine cortical dysplasiadrug-resistant epilepsyfeline lissencephaly

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PMID36669007
PMCPMC9865598
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