Neurology Congenital Defects Flashcards

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What is Hydrocephaly?

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  • Dilation of ventricles with secondary brain atrophy
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What are the types of Hydrocephaly?

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  • Congenital
  • Acquired
  • Compensatory
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What is congenital Hydrocephaly?

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  • Ventricular system malformation beginning in the fetus
  • Can be the result of an In utero viral infections
  • Breed: Chihuahua, miniature dog breeds
  • Mesencephalic aqueduct is the most common site for congenital obstruction and development of hydrocephalus
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What is acquired Hydrocephaly

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  • CSF obstruction later in life
  • Causes: Tumors/Masses that obstruct CSF flow
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What is Compensatory Hydrocephaly?

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  • Secondary to loss of brain tissue (hydrocephalus ex-vacuo)
  • Causes:
    • Senescence (age related atrophy)
    • Intracranial hemorrhage/trauma
    • FIP infection in cats
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How does FIP infections in cats lead to hydrocephaly?

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Periventricular inflammation ⇢ loss of brain tissue ⇢ compensatory expansion of the ventricular system

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What is Hydranencephaly?

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  • In utero loss of brain tissue with cavitation & replacement by fluid
  • Morphologic change can range from complete loss of cerebral hemispheres to large cystic cavities
  • Causes:
    • In utero Neuroteratogenic viral infections
      • Bluetongue, Akabane, Schmallenberg, Cache Valley, FeLV
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What are some causes of cerebellar hypoplasia?

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  • In utero infections
    • BVDV (Ox)
    • FPV (Cat)
    • CSF (Pigs)
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What is occipital dysplasia?

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  • Congenital
  • Occipital bone is thin - most often clinically inapparent
  • Considered an abnormal finding
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What is going on in this picture and what is a common cause?

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What is going on in this picture and what is a common cause?

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  • Microencephaly
  • Cause: In utero viral infection (BVDV, Bluetongue, Cache Valley…)
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What is Lissencephaly?

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  • lack of gyri and sulci of the brain
    • “smooth brain”
  • Normal in Avian species !
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What are the clinical signs of Lissencephaly?

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  • Typically young dogs
  • Most have seizures
  • difficulty training
  • Behavioral abnormalities
  • absence of menace response
  • Possible visual impairment
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What is a ‘bifida’/’bifidum’

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  • defect in the boney encasement of the CNS
  • Spina bifida - defect affects the spinal cord
  • cranium bifidum - defect affects the skull
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What is a meningeoceles?

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  • Outpouchings of fluid cavities lined by meninges
  • Fluid inside is CSF
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What is a Meningoencephalocele?

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  • Meningocele + grey/white matter remnants
    • need histo to confirm
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What are congenital tremors in piglets?

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  • Continuous shaking or tremors at birth
  • Hypomyelination - decreased/absence of myelination of nerves
  • In utero PCV-2, CSF infection
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What is a Hairy Shaker lamb?

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  • Involuntary tremors, hairy fleece
  • Hypomyelination - Decreased or absence of myelination of nerves
  • In utero Border disease Virus infection
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What does hypomyelination look like at necropsy?

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  • Brain has very little white matter
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What is going on in this picture?

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  • meningeal melanosis
  • NORMAL in dark furred cows
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What is going on in this picture?

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  • Spinal dura osseous metaplasia
  • a senescent change
  • Uncommon finding in older dogs
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What is a cholesterol granuloma?

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  • Commonly arise whin the choroid plexus of lateral ventricles in horses
  • Lesion is typically an incidental finding
  • NOT the same as a cholesteatoma
  • Represent collections of macrophages mixed with lymphocytes and plasma cells (granulomatous inflammation) along with pigment (hemosiderin, hematoidin) and abundant cholesterol clefts (clear clefts or spaces seen throughout this lesion
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What is the pathogenesis of Cholesterol granulomas?

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  • Unknown
  • Estimated 15-20% of older horses
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How does a cholesterol granuloma cause hydrocephalus?

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  • Large cholesterol granulomas ⇢ Obstruction of the interventricular foramina ⇢ hydrocephalus