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  • Vascular pathology if the CNS is less common in animals than in humans.
  • Pathologies include:
    • Thrombosis
    • Infarction
    • Haemorrhage
  • These can occur:
    • Spontaneously
    • 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
      • 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.