Computed tomography-guided drainage of a canine intracerebral abscess

Seddon, K; Stewart, G

Abstract

An approximately 7-week-old female American Bulldog was presented for head injury and seizures. The dog was obtunded with absent left-sided postural reactions, absent left palpebral reflex, delayed vestibulo-ocular reflex bilaterally, and calvarial hyperesthesia. CT revealed a fragmented, depressed fracture of the right frontal bone, with an associated abscess and evidence of raised intracranial pressure. The dog initially declined on medical management. Following a CT-guided drainage procedure, the dog improved and remained clinically well twenty months later. This is the first report of minimally-invasive sequential CT allowing successful drainage and culture of a canine intracerebral abscess.

Citation

Seddon, K., & Stewart, G. (2025). Computed tomography-guided drainage of a canine intracerebral abscess. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound, 66(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/vru.13472

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 17, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Dec 16, 2024
• Publication Date: 2025
• Deposit Date: Jan 24, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 17, 2025
• Print ISSN: 1058-8183
• Electronic ISSN: 1740-8261
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/vru.13472
• Keywords: abscess; brain; canine; CT; dog; drainage; PLANT FOREIGN-BODY; BRAIN-ABSCESS; SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT; CATS