Traumatic skull fractures in dogs and cats: A comparative analysis of neurological and computed tomographic features

Amengual?Batle, P; José‐López, R; Durand, A; Czopowicz, M; Beltran, E; Guevar, J; Lazzerini, K; De Decker, S; Muñana, K; Early, P; Mariani, C; Olby, N; Petrovitch, N; Gutierrez?Quintana, R

Abstract

Background

Traumatic skull fractures (TSF) are relatively frequent in dogs and cats, but little information is available regarding their clinical and imaging features.

Hypothesis/Objectives

To describe the neurological and computed tomographic (CT) features of a large cohort of dogs and cats with TSF.

Animals

Ninety‐one dogs and 95 cats with TSF identified on CT.

Methods

Multicenter retrospective comparative study. Signalment, cause of trauma, fracture locations and characteristics, presence of neurological deficits, and 1‐week survival were recorded. Fractures were classified according to the extent of fragmentation and displacement.

Results

The cranial vault was affected more frequently in dogs (P = .003), whereas the face and base of the cranium more often was affected in cats (P 

Citation

Amengual‐Batle, P., José‐López, R., Durand, A., Czopowicz, M., Beltran, E., Guevar, J., …Gutierrez‐Quintana, R. (2020). Traumatic skull fractures in dogs and cats: A comparative analysis of neurological and computed tomographic features. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 13, 2020
• Publication Date: Jul 20, 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 11, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 11, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0891-6640
• Publisher: Wiley Open Access
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1376779
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15838