Cerebral meningioma associated with extensive calvarium osteolysis and presumed intratumoral carcinoma metastasis in a cat.

Case Summary: A 10-year-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat presented with a 3-month history of weight loss, dysorexia and lethargy. Neurological examination revealed decreased mentation, absent menace response bilaterally and proprioceptive deficits affecting all four limbs; these findings were consistent with a forebrain disorder. Brain CT revealed an extensive asymmetric permeative osteolysis destroying two-thirds of the circumference of the calvarium and involving the right frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital bones, as well as the left parietal bone.

An evidence-based medicine approach to small animal anaesthetic mortality in a referral practice: the influence of initiating three recommendations on subsequent anaesthetic deaths.

Objective: To evaluate anaesthetic death after implementation of recommendations and its risk factors in a small animal practice.

Study Design: Observational cohort study.

Animals: All cats and dogs anaesthetized at the Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire des Cordeliers during two periods, from April 15th, 2008 to April 15th, 2010 (period 1) and from June 15th, 2010 to August 24th, 2011 (period 2).

Risk of anaesthetic mortality in dogs and cats: an observational cohort study of 3546 cases.

Objective: To evaluate the anaesthetic death risk for dogs and cats in a French private practice.

Study Design: Observational cohort study.

Animal Population: All small animals anesthetized at the Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire des Cordeliers between April 15th, 2008 and April 15th, 2010.

Patent ductus arteriosus in a family of Chihuahuas.

This report describes a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in four puppies from the same family of Chihuahuas, bred from the same mother and from two different litters. Identification of this congenital anomaly relies on clinical examination, radiography and ultrasonography. Three of these puppies were female, and had a type-1 PDA.

Extraction of urethral calculi by transabdominal cystoscopy and urethroscopy in nine dogs.

Objectives: To describe a minimally invasive technique for treating urethral obstructions in male dogs and to review the postoperative results.

Methods: All dogs (n=9) had urethral obstruction due to calculi. Obstructions were verified by radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations.