Difference between revisions of "Central Nervous System - Vascular Pathology"

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-* Vascular pathology if the CNS is less common in animals than in humans.
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-* Pathologies include:
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-** Thrombosis
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-** Infarction
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-** Haemorrhage
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-* These can occur:
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-** Spontaneously
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-** Secondary to drug therapy
-** E.g. L-asparaginase or anti-coagulants.
-** With thrombocytopaenia or other bleeding disorders
-** With trauma
-** With hypertension
-** With atherosclerosis from hypothyroidism
-** With infection
-*** I.e. septic emboli.
-* MRI and CT may detect haemorrhage and infaction.
-==Hypertension Related Brain Haemorrhage==
-* Not uncommon in geriatric cats.
-** Hypertension is defined as a systolic pressure greater than 175mmHg.
-* The systemic hypertension may be:
-** Primary
-** Secondary to:
-*** Hyperthyroidism
-*** Chronic renal failure
-*** [[DM|Diabetes mellitus]]
-*** Acromegaly
-*** Chronic severe anaemia
-*** Hyperadrenocorticism
-*** Hyperaldosternism
-*** Phaeochromocytoma.
-* For this reason, cats presenting with forebrain disease should first have their blood pressure checked.
-** If raised, this should be treated before further investigation takes place.
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