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Surgical Management of Combined Hydrocephalus, Syringohydromyelia, and Ventricular Cyst in a Dog

From the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Hasegawa), Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan; the Department of Veterinary Surgery (Taura), Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Kido Animal Hospital (Kido), 1-23-3 Idekita, Nobeoka, Miyazaki 882-0856, Japan; and the Laboratory of Veterinary Advanced Diagnosis and Treatment (Shibazaki, Katamoto), Department of Veterinary Science, Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.

Combined hydrocephalus, syringohydromyelia, and a ventricular cyst were found by magnetic resonance imaging in a 7-month-old, male miniature dachshund with gait abnormalities and altered mentation. Clinical signs did not improve with prednisone therapy. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting improved the clinical signs and anatomical abnormalities. Repeated operations were needed to replace the ventricular drainage tube at 3 and 31 months after the first surgery. The animal died suddenly with severe tonic-clonic, generalized seizures 3 weeks after the third operation. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting may be a viable treatment for syringohydromyelia associated with hydrocephalus.