Intracranial empyema: Literature review and two novel cases in cats

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 449-454

  Barrs, V R ^a   Nicoll, R G ^b   Churcher, R K ^c   Beck, J A ^d   Beatty, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Veterinary Imaging Associates   (Australia)

^c Veterinary Specialist Centre   (Australia)

^d Queensland Veterinary Specialists   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

ACTINOMYCES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547493937     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2006.00307.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Bernays, M. E. Peiffer, R. L 1998) Ocular infections with dematiacious fungi in two cats and a dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 213, 507 509
2. Bestetti, G., Buhlmann, V., Nicolet, J. Fankhouser, R 1977) Paraplegia due to Actinomyces viscosus infection in a cat. Acta Neuropathology 39, 231 235
3. Bissonnette, K. W., Sharp, N. J, Dykstra, M. H., Robertson, I. R, Davis, B., Padhye, A. A. Kaufman, L 1991) Nasal and retrobulbar mass in a cat caused by Pythium insidiosum. Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology 29, 39 44
4. Blauvett, M., Weiss, D., Mccoy, A. Aird, E 2001) Space-occupying lesion within the calvarium of a cat. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 31, 19 21
5. Braund, K. G 2003) Inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. In : Clinical Neurology in Small Animals - Localization, Diagnosis and Treatment. Ed K. G. Braund. Publisher International Veterinary Information Service, Ithaca, NY, USA. pp 1 45
6. Cherrone, K. L., Eich, C. S. Bonzynski, J. J 2002) Suspected paraspinal abscess and spinal epidural empyema in a dog. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 38, 149 151
7. Dewey, C. W., Kortz, D. Bailey, C. S 1998) Spinal epidural empyema in two dogs. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 34, 305 308
8. Dow, S. W., Lecouter, R. A., Henik, R. A., Jones, R. L. Poss, M. L 1988) Central nervous system infection associated with anaerobic bacteria in two dogs and two cats. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2, 171 176
9. Edwards, D. F 1998) Actinomycosis and nocardiosis. In : Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat. 2nd edn. Ed C. E. Greene. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, USA. pp 303 313
10. Hamilton, H. L., Whitley, R. D. Mcclaughlin, S. A 2000) Exophthalmos secondary to Aspergillosis in a cat. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 36, 343 347
11. Herrmann, B. W. Forsen, J. W 2004) Simultaneous intracranial and orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis in children. International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology 68, 619 625
12. Jerram, R. M. Dewey, C. W 1998) Suspected spinal epidural empyema and associated vertebral osteomyelitis (phsyitis) in a dog. The Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care 8, 216 221
13. Klopp, L. A., Hathcock, J. A. Sorjonem, D. C 2000) Magnetic resonance imaging features of brain stem abscessation in two cats. Veterinary Radiology Ultrasound 41, 300 307
14. Kraus, K. H., Butler, L. M. Pope, E. R 1989) Paraparesis caused by epidural granuloma in a cat. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 194, 789 790
15. Love, D. N., Vekselstein, R. Collings, S 1990) The obligate and facultatively anaerobic bacterial flora of the normal feline gingival margin. Veterinary Microbiology 22, 267 275
16. Lucroy, M. D. Madewell, B. R 2001) Clinical outcome and disease associated with extreme neutrophilic leukocytosis in cats: 104 cases (1991-1999). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 218, 736 739
17. Nathoo, N., Nadvi, S. S., Van Dellen, R. R. Gouws, E 1999) Intracranial subdural empyemas in the era of computed tomography: a review of 699 cases. Neurosurgery 44, 529 536
18. Ndikuwera, J., Knotteenbelt, D. C., Lawrence, J. Hill, F. W. G (1987) Spinal abscess in a dog. The Veterinary Record 120, 554 555
19. Peiffer, R. L., Belkin, P. V. Janke, B. H 1980) Orbital cellulitis, sinusitis and pneumonitis caused by Penicillium sp. in a cat. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 176, 449 451
20. Nykamp, S. G., Steffey, M. A., Scrivani, P. V. Schatzberg S. J 2003) Computed tomographic appearance of epidural empyema in a dog. Canadian Veterinary Journal 44, 729 731
21. Remedios, A. M., Wagner, R., Caulkett, N. A. Duke, T 1996) Epidural abscess and discospondylitis in a dog after administration of a lumbosacral epidural analgesic. Canadian Veterinary Journal 37, 106 107
22. Reynolds, D. J., Kodsi, S. R., Rubin, S. E. Rodgers, I. R 2003) Intracranial infection associated with preseptal and orbital cellulitis in the paediatric patient. Journal of AAPOS 7, 413 417
23. Rich, P. M., Deasy, N. P. Jarosz, J. M 2000) Intracranial dural empyema. The British Journal of Radiology 73, 1329 1336
24. Seiler, G., Czinauskas, S., Scheidegger, J. Lang J 2001) Low-field magnetic resonance imaging of a pyocephalus and a suspected brain abscess in a German Shepherd dog. Veterinary Radiology Ultrasound 42, 417 422
25. Stowater, J. L., Codner, E. C. McCoy, J. C 1978) Actinomycosis in the spinal canal of a cat. Feline Practice 8, 26 27
26. Sturges, B. K., Dickinson, P. J., Kortz, G. D., Berry, W. L., Vernau, K. M., Wisner, E. R. LeCouteur, R. A. (2006) Clinical signs, magnetic resonance imaging features, and outcome after surgical and medical treatment of otogenic intracranial infection in 11 cats and 4 dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 20, 648 656
27. Tovar, M. C., Huguet, E. Gomezi, M. A 2005) Orbital cellulitis and intraocular abscess caused by migrating grass in a cat. Veterinary Ophthalmology 8, 353 356
28. Tsuchiya, K., Maikta, K., Furui, S., Kusano, S. Inoue, Y 1992) Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of sub- and epidural empyemas. Neuroradiology 34, 494 496
29. Tsuchiya, K., Osawa, A., Katase, S., Fujikawa, A., Hachiya, J. Aoki, S 2003) Diffusion-weighted MRI of subdural and epidural empyemas. Neuroradiology 45, 220 223
30. Weingarten, K., Zimmerman, R. D., Becker, R. D., Heier, L. A., Haimes, A. B. Deck, M. D. F 1989) Subdural and epidural empyemas: MR imaging. American Journal of Neuroradiology 10, 81 87
31. Zachariades, N., Vairaktaris, E., Mezitis, M., Rallis, G., Kokkinis, C. Moschos, M. (2005) Orbital abscess: visual loss following extraction of a tooth - case report. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics 100, e7 73