Intracranial epidermoid cyst and syringohydromyelia in a dog

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-344

  MacKillop, Edward ^a   Schatzberg, Scott J ^b   De Lahunta, Alexander ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Critical Care Group of Vancouver   (Canada)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal fossa; Epidermoid; Syringohydromyelia; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RADIOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33745253424     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2006.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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