Neuropathology 3 Flashcards

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Non-infectious /immune mediated

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Granulomatous meningoencephalitis
Necrotizing encephalitis
Necrotizing leukoencephalitis

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Granulomatous meningoencephalitis

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GME
Angiocentric gran inflammation
Can lead to necrosis & loss of neuropil, asymmetrical

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Necrotizing encephalitis

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NME
Pug dog encephalitis, affects many small breed dogs
Asymmetrical acute encephalitis or chronic foci of necrosis & collapse

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Necrotizing leukoencephalitis (NLE)

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Most common in Yorkshire terriers
Lesions primarily in white matter

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Traumatic injury = primary

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Sheer force causes destruction of neurons /other cell types
Mechanical disruption of vessels leads to local hemorrhage & edema

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Traumatic injury = secondary

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Disruption of cerebral blood flow leads to catecholamine release
^^ BP = global edema, follows resulting in necrosis /more edema
If edema is expensive, cerebellum can herniate through foramen magnum

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Coning of the cerebellum

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Caudal herniation of brain

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Traumatic spinal cord injury - intramedullary comp

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Hemorrhage
Neoplasia
Expansile inflammatory disease

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Traumatic spinal cord injury - extramedullary comp

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Intervertebral disc herniation
Cervical stenotic myelopathy
Atlanto-axial malformation
Vertebral fractures
Extramedullary neoplasia
Synovial cysts

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Cervical stenotic myelopathy

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“Wobbler syndrome”
Stenosis of cervical vertebral canal
Horses & large dog breeds
Static stenosis in 1-4 old due at acquired narrowing of canal (compression occurs C5-7)
Dynamic stenosis <18 months due to vertebral instability (compression occurs during flexion of neck, C3-5)

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Intervertebral disc disease

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Complex multi factorial disease - in dogs, discs rupture in thoracolumbar vertebrae
Herniation results in spinal cord compression and rear limb paralysis

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Chondroid metaplasia

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  • chondrodystrophic breeds (dach/pekingese)
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Fibroid metaplasia

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Non-chondrodystrophic breeds

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Type I herniation

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Acute
Chondroid degeneration —> rupture of annulus fibrosus -> extrusion of nucleus palposus

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Type II herniation

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Chronic
Fibroid metaplasia of IVD -> protrusion into spinal canal

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Neoplastic

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50% of brain tumor are primary (originate from neural tissue)
2-5% of all cancers in the dog = primary intracranial neoplasia
All tumors behave as space -occupying masses
Anatomic location may help in diagnosis

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Demarcation for neoplastic tumors- gliomas

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Gliomas - astrocytomas & oligodendrogliomas tend to blend in with adjacent tissue, oilgo have gelatinous consistency

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Demarcation of choroid plexus

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Choroid plexus tumors & ependymomas are located in/adjacent to ventricle - choroid plexus tumors are more vascular

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Demarcation of meningiomas

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Meningiomas line the meninges

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Astrocytoma

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Neoplastic cells of origin are astrocytes

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Choroid plexus tumors

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Arise from choroid plexus
(Responsible for producing CSF)

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Meningioma

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Cell of origin - Meningeal fibroblast

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Ependymoma

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Arise from ependymal cells that line the ventricles

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Spinal cord neoplasms

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Peripheral nerve sheath tumor - benign & malignant forms

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Nephroblastomas

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“Thoracolumbar spinal cord tumor of dogs”
Ectopic, located between T9 & L3
Large breed dogs
Usually 5-48months

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Degenerative

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Bilateral, symmetrical but no gross lesions
Many breed specific diseases
Diagnosis is based on the nature & distribution of the lesions, knowledge of breed disorders, exclusion of metabolic/toxic diseases

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Major patterns of degeneration

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Loss on neurons/axons/myelin
Pallor of white matter
Spongy state
Intracellular storage
Malacia

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Lysosomal storage diseases

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Congenital defect
Loss of lysosomal hydrolase enzyme activity
Molecules that cannot be degraded accumulate in the lysosomes
Storage diseases are named based on the accumulated products /locations

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Degenerative myelopathy

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