Congenital Cerebellar Hypoplasia

Case contributed by Allison L Zwingenberger
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Presents with 4-week history of generalized wobbliness when walking. 2-3 week history of head bobbing when attempting to eat. Owners do not think that gait abnormality has progressed since first noticed.

Patient Data

Age: 4 months
Gender: Male
Category: Domestic dog
Organism: Welsh Springer spaniel

Brain

mri

The cerebellum is small with a resulting large collection of CSF between the folia. There are no other abnormalities of signal intensity.

Case Discussion

Cerebellar hypoplasia, likely developmental. This may be due to congenital hypoplasia or abiotrophy. CSF was normal in this dog. The clinical signs fit well with the cerebellar findings, and there was no other diagnostic pursued.

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