Title |
Unsuccessful Cyclosporine plus Prednisolone Therapy for Autoimmune Meningoencephalitis in Three Dogs
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Published in |
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, August 2013
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DOI | 10.1292/jvms.12-0503 |
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Authors |
Dong-In JUNG, Hee-Chun LEE, Jeongim HA, Hae-Won JUNG, Joon-Hyeok JEON, Jong-Hyun MOON, Jae-Hoon LEE, Na-Hyun KIM, Jung-Hyang SUR, Byeong-Teck KANG, Kyu-Woan CHO |
Abstract |
A 4-year-old female Maltese (case 1), a 9-year-old castrated male shih tzu (case 2) and 2-year-old female Pomeranian (case 3) presented with neurological signs, such as head tilt, ataxia, circling and paresis. The three cases were tentatively diagnosed as having meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology based on computed tomography scan and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. All patients were managed with cyclosporine plus prednisolone therapy. The survival times of the three patients were 170, 70 and 21 days, respectively. After the cases died, we performed necropsy and histopathological examination for definitive diagnosis. Based on the necropsy, histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations, cases 1, 2 and 3 were definitely diagnosed as having necrotizing meningoencephalitis, necrotizing leukoencephalitis and granulomatous meningoencephalitis, respectively. This case report demonstrated the clinical findings, brain CT characteristics and histopathological and immunohistochemical features of NME, NLE and GME in dogs and discussed the reason for the relatively short survival times under cyclosporine plus prednisolone therapy. |
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