Temozolomide Canine Gliomas
FRAMELESS STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY ALONE AND COMBINED WITH TEMOZOLOMIDE IN CANINE GLIOMAS Brain gliomas are diagnosed in an increased number of dogs. Few data regarding the best treatment regimen are available.…
Neck Pain in Dogs and Cats
NECK PAIN IN DOGS AND CATS A retrospective study examined 178 animals referred between 2009 and 2012 for neck pain. The aim was to define the causes of neck pain…
Epilipsies
NEUROIMAGING IN DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP OF CANINE EPILEPSIES: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IntroductionCanine epilepsy includes a group of heterogeneous pathologies that share the chronic recurrence of seizures. Historically epilepsy has been…
Cancer Pain
CANCER PAIN IN DOGS Facing to the extensive data regarding cancer pain in humans, no studies regarding canine patients has be conducted. The aim of this study was to evaluate…
Atlanto Axial Instability
ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY WITH INCONGRUENCE: MRI FINDINGS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT IN 5 DOGS IntroductionAtlantoaxial instability is a surgical condition frequently described in toy breed’s dogs. The various correction techniques have been…
Canine Adrenal Tumors
CANINE ADRENAL TUMORS: FIRST EXPERIENCES OF HYPOFRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY (HSRT) Introduction/Purpose The adrenal pathology is common in dogs. Surgical therapy is full of potential difficulties as well as internal medicine…
Canine Brain Disease
THE USE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN THE DIFFERENTIATION OF BRAIN DISEASES Single-voxel proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy STEAM sequence can be used to investigate, non invasively, a wide range of…
Canine Urinary CCT
DEFINITIVE HIGH-DOSE HYPO-FRACTIONATED TOTAL PELVIC IRRADIATION WITH SIMULTANEOUS BOOST IN CANINE URINARY CCT: A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND FIRST CLINICAL EXPERIENCES IntroductionThe lower urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (CCT) poses challenge…
Canine Nasal Tumor
BRAIN-SPARING IRRADIATION OF STAGE IV CANINE NASAL TUMORS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND FIRST CLINICAL EXPERIENCES The prognosis for canine nasal tumours with intracranial extension is poor with an expected survival…
Hydrated Nucleus Polposus
SUSPECTED HYDRATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS EXTRUSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DORSAL LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT IN DOGS BackgroundDisc-associated intraspinal cysts and cervical hydrated nucleus pulposus extrusions are lesions of suspected disc origin recently described in…