Non‐suppurative meningoencephalitis of greyhounds

Shiel, Robert E.; Callanan, Sean

doi:10.1136/vr.162.11.356-a

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“…Mild to moderate mononuclear pleocytosis has been reported in atypical meningoencephalitis in greyhounds. [17][18][19][20][21] These findings could therefore not explain the predominant eosinophilic pattern in our case. Serum eosinophilia has often been described as a hallmark for protozoal or parasitic infection in dogs and cats, but eosinophilic pleocytosis is an uncommon finding in adult dogs.…”

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Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging and histological lesions in a case of meningoencephalomyelitis secondary to Neospora caninum infection in a greyhound

Albertini¹,

Stabile²,

Yaffy

et al. 2022

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An 11-year-old, male, neutered raw fed greyhound was presented for a 2-week history of progressive non-lateralised, non-painful ambulatory paraparesis, deteriorating acutely to non-ambulatory tetraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and polymerase chain reaction tests confirmed the diagnosis of meningoencephalomyelitis secondary to Neospora caninum infection. Despite treatment, the patient deteriorated and was euthanased. Postmortem examination revealed diffuse areas of necrotising encephalomyelitis, multifocal non-suppurative encephalomyelitis and areas of necrotising non-suppurative cerebellitis. N. caninum parasitic cysts could also be identified. This is the first case report of correlated histological features and magnetic resonance imaging of meningoencephalomyelitis secondary to N. caninum. This case report was presented as an online poster presentation at the online 33rd ESVN-ECVN symposium.

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“…No serum eosinophilia was reported on the haematology analysis, making iatrogenic contamination less likely. Mild to moderate mononuclear pleocytosis has been reported in atypical meningoencephalitis in greyhounds 17–21 . These findings could therefore not explain the predominant eosinophilic pattern in our case.…”

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confidence: 58%