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Neurology, Head and neck

Nodular lesion of the right cerebral hemisphere with destruction of the cribriform plate in a dog with epileptiform seizures

Patient
dog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, male, 11 years
Examination
CT of the head, pre- and post-contrast
Date
August 2026

History

Epileptiform seizures and circling to the right over the past month.

Technique

1,202 slices (1 and 2 mm), pre- and post-contrast series reconstructed with medium- and high-frequency algorithms. Excellent study quality.

Findings

  • CNS: heterogeneous pre-contrast attenuation of the rostral part of the right hemisphere and the olfactory lobe; heterogeneous, predominantly peripheral enhancement in the central part of the right hemisphere (23 × 17 × 12 mm); focal displacement of the falx cerebri to the left; asymmetry of the lateral ventricles (left > right), with contents of fluid attenuation; focal destruction of the right cribriform plate without extension into the nasal cavity.
  • Teeth: multifocal destruction/resorption at the level of the necks of teeth 105 and 106; focal osteolysis of the alveolar bone of tooth 106; no communication with the nasal cavity.

Conclusion

  • Nodular lesion in the right cerebral hemisphere. DDx: neoplasia (suspected glioma), abscess.
  • Destruction of the right cribriform plate, suspected to be secondary to the brain lesion (inflammatory or neoplastic activity), or possibly pressure necrosis of the bone (oedema, raised intracranial pressure).

Recommendation

Neurological examination, MRI of the brain and CSF analysis.

Translated from the Czech original, with identifying details removed. Report signed by MVDr. Ladislav Stehlík, Ph.D..

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