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A brain computed tomography scan showed a hypoattenuating lesion with peripheral contrast enhancement in the fourth ventricle consistent with a cyst and secondary hydrocephalus. Treatment with prednisone was initiated, but despite an initial improvement, neurologic signs recurred and a suboccipital craniectomy to remove the cyst was performed. The cyst was first drained, and the capsule was carefully resected. The histopathological evaluation revealed a simple cubic to cylindrical epithelium with apical cilia and loose surrounding fibrillar tissue consistent with an intraventricular ependymal cyst. Four and a half years after surgery, the dog only shows short episodes of balance loss when turning abruptly but is otherwise neurologically normal. To the authors\u2019 knowledge, this is the first reported ependymal cyst in the fourth ventricle of a dog with successful surgical resection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-7373","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,4]],"date-time":"2024-01-04T14:55:42Z","timestamp":1704380142000},"page":"25-30","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Successful Surgical Resection of an Ependymal Cyst in the Fourth Ventricle of a Dog"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Isabel Li\u00f1an","family":"Grana","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From Auna Especialidades Veterinarias IVCEvidensia, Valencia, Spain (I.L.G., A.F.M., A.L.F.-P.); and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alba Farr\u00e9","family":"Marin\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Auna Especialidades Veterinarias IVCEvidensia, Valencia, Spain (I.L.G., A.F.M., A.L.F.-P.); and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mart\u00ed Pumarola i","family":"Batlle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Murine and Comparative Pathology, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, UAB, Barcelona, Spain (M.P.i.B.)."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alejandro Luj\u00e1n","family":"Feliu-Pascual","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Auna Especialidades Veterinarias IVCEvidensia, Valencia, Spain (I.L.G., A.F.M., A.L.F.-P.); and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"i1547-3317-60-1-25-b1","series-title":"Radiology","first-page":"650","article-title":"Intracranial cysts: radiologic-pathologic correlation and imaging approach","volume":"239","author":"Osborn","year":"2006","unstructured":"Osborn\n              AG,\n            \n            \n              Preece\n              MT.\n            \n          \n          Intracranial cysts: radiologic-pathologic correlation and imaging approach. 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