Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumors in Dogs and Cats, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 55-1 - November 7, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Helena Rylander
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 4 7 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 4 7 3 - 5
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Helena Rylander brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumors in Dogs and Cats. Top experts discuss current and innovative techniques in diagnosing and treating brain tumors, helping readers provide correct information and treatment options to pet owners. Topics include MRI of the brain; the use of intraoperative ultrasound in brain surgery; biopsy of brain lesions; radiation therapy for brain tumors in dogs and cats; and many more.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including advanced diagnostic techniques for brain tumors; surgery for brain tumors in dogs and cats: techniques and prognosis; complications in brain surgery in dogs and cats; novel treatments for brain tumors in dogs and cats; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors in dogs and cats, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Veterinary medicine, small animal medicine, canine and feline neurology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Introduction and Summary of Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumors in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Meningioma
- Glioma
- Lymphoma
- Histiocytic sarcoma
- Current evidence
- Emerging therapies/emerging treatment
- Challenges
- Current controversies
- Future considerations
- Summary
- Brain MRI Protocol and Systematic Approach to Interpretation of Brain Tumors on MRI
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- MRI Characteristics of Primary Brain Tumors and Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Techniques
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Extra-axial tumors
- Intra-axial tumors
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Biopsy of Brain Lesions
- Key points
- Introduction
- Alternatives to biopsy
- What information is required from a brain biopsy?
- How to take a brain biopsy
- Complications of brain biopsy
- Why don’t veterinary neurologists take more brain biopsies?
- Future options
- Summary
- Complications in Intracranial Surgery of Companion Animals
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications
- Surgical approaches to the brain
- Types of complications
- Preventative measures
- Conclusions/discussion
- Clinics care points
- Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications for radiation therapy in dogs and cats with brain tumors
- Patient evaluation and systemic staging prior to radiation therapy
- Radiation therapy
- Radiation treatment planning for brain tumors
- Clinical follow-up and monitoring after radiation therapy
- Potential adverse effects associated with radiation therapy
- General prognosis of dogs and cats with brain tumors treated with radiation therapy
- Meningiomas in dogs
- Meningiomas in cats
- Gliomas in dogs
- Choroid plexus tumors in dogs (rare in cats)
- Trigeminal nerve sheath tumors in dogs (rare in cats)
- Multilobular tumor of bone and other calvarial tumors
- Non-neoplastic inflammatory disease and multifocal central nervous system neoplasia
- Novel Treatments for Brain Tumors
- Key points
- Introduction
- Challenges to and opportunities for the development of brain tumor therapeutics
- Novel brain tumor therapeutic approaches
- Oncolytic viruses
- Immunotherapies
- Summary and future developments
- Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Tumors
- Key points
- Introduction
- The preoperative patient
- Surgery
- The post-surgical patient
- Challenges and future developments
- Recommendations
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Updates on Radiation Therapy for Pituitary Tumors: Techniques and Prognosis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical presentation
- Current evidence
- Adverse events
- Discussion
- Recommendations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting for Brain Tumors
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology of acute obstructive hydrocephalus
- Case selection
- Diagnostics and preoperative planning
- Equipment and materials
- Implantation of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt
- Adverse events/challenges
- Troubleshooting
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Intraoperative Ultrasound in Brain Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Advantages and disadvantages of intraoperative ultrasound
- Technique and producing quality images
- Probe selection
- Case examples
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care point
- Supplementary data
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 55-1
- Published: November 7, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443314728
- eBook ISBN: 9780443314735
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Helena Rylander
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor Neurology, Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA