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Acute cerebrovascular event in a dog with polycythemia vera
William Kay1, Jennifer M Gambino1, Kari V Lunsford1
1Veterinary Specialty Center, 1207 Highway 182W, Suite D, Starkville, Mississippi 39759, USA (an affiliate of Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Clinical Sciences) (Kay, Shores, Beasley); Department of Clinical Sciences (Gambino, Lunsford, Mackin), Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine (Cooley), Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 240 Wise Center Drive, Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA.
Abstract:
A 1-year-old neutered male Labrador retriever mixed breed dog was referred for peracute onset of ataxia and seizures. Hematocrit at presentation was 84%. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a lesion in the right caudate nucleus consistent with infarction. Postmortem findings were consistent with polycythemia vera and presumed secondary cerebral infarction.
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