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Steroid-responsive, cervical, pyogranulomatous pachymeningitis in a dog
1Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA.
Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
|September 1, 1997
Summary
Steroid-responsive meningitis in dogs often involves cerebrospinal fluid changes. A rare case of canine pyogranulomatous pachymeningitis, similar to human spinal pachymeningitis, successfully regressed with immunosuppressive therapy.
Area of Science:
- Veterinary Neurology
- Immunology
- Pathology
Background:
- Steroid-responsive meningitis syndromes in dogs typically present with neutrophilic pleocytosis and elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein.
- A subset of these cases exhibits suppurative leptomeningeal inflammation on histopathology.
- Canine spinal pachymeningitis is an uncommon condition.