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T2 hyperintensity was present in all funiculi of the spinal cord. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps were consistent with cytotoxic or intramyelinic edema. Differential diagnosis included toxic or metabolic\/degenerative leukoencephalopathies. Necropsies revealed widespread spongy degeneration of the central nervous system white matter. Toxicologic assays of liver specimens revealed desmethylbromethalin, a metabolite of bromethalin. Bromethalin is a rodenticide that causes uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation. Antemortem diagnosis is challenging. DWI and ADC maps were instrumental in narrowing the differential diagnosis and raised the index of suspicion for bromethalin. Bromethalin intoxication should be considered in all animals with a progressive course of multifocal neurologic deficits. MRI, specifically, DWI and ADC maps, may serve as a biomarker of cytotoxic or intramyelinic edema associated with spongiform leukoencephalomyelopathy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-6724","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,14]],"date-time":"2019-03-14T17:03:11Z","timestamp":1552582991000},"page":"e553-02","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Correlation of MRI with the Neuropathologic Changes in Two Cats with Bromethalin Intoxication"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"55","author":[{"given":"Marc","family":"Kent","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology\/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eric N.","family":"Glass","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); 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