Dr. Emili ALCOVERRO
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Teaching goals
- To know the function and some of the anatomic pathway of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory and hypoglossal nerves, and the sympathetic innervation to the eye
- Having a glance at how we can visualise these nerves on advanced imaging.
- Knowing the most important pathologies that may affect these cranial nerves, and Horner, syndrome, their clinical presentation, their diagnosis, treatment and outcome.
- Examples of studies, case series and case reports of neuropathies of the IX, X, XI and XII, and Horner syndrome published in the veterinary literature.
Teaching goals
- To know the function and some of the anatomic pathway of the facial and vestibulo-cochlear nerves.
- Having a glance at how we can visualise them on advanced imaging.
- Knowing the most important pathologies that may affect these cranial nerves, their clinical presentation, their diagnosis, treatment and outcome.
- Examples of studies, case series and case reports of facial and vestibulo-cochlear neuropathies published in the veterinary literature.
Teaching goals
- To know the function and some of the anatomic pathway of the oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal and abducens nerves.
- Having a glance at how we can visualise them on advanced imaging.
- Knowing the most important pathologies that may affect cranial nerves, their clinical presentation, their diagnosis, treatment and outcome.
- Examples of studies, case series and case reports of cranial neuropathies published in the veterinary literature.
Teaching goals
- To know the function and some of the anatomic pathway of the olfactory and optic nerves.
- Having a glance at how we can visualise them on advanced imaging.
- Knowing the most important pathologies that may affect the olfactory and optic nerves, their clinical presentation, their diagnosis, treatment and outcome.
- Examples of studies, case series and case reports of cranial neuropathies published in the veterinary literature.
Teaching goals
- To know the most common acute myelopathies that cats may suffer from
- By taking obtaining a clinical history and performing neurological examination, we can narrow down our list of differential diagnoses
- With the most likely two or three differential diagnoses in our mind, we can choose the best diagnostic work-up or the best management for every case
- Advanced imaging and spinal surgery may be needed in some cases, but some other cases can be successfully managed without these
Teaching goals
- To know the most common acute myelopathies that dogs may suffer from
- By taking into account the patient signalment, obtaining a clinical history and performing neurological examination, we can narrow down our list of differential diagnoses
- With the most likely two or three differential diagnoses in our mind, we can choose the best diagnostic work-up or the best management for every case
- Advanced imaging and spinal surgery may be needed in some cases, but some other cases can be successfully managed without these
Teaching goals
- Steroid-responsive meningitis arteritis is an immune-mediate, systemic, multiorganic disease. It usually has a good outcome.
- Performing thorough physical and neurological examination is crucial, because in some cases, implication of other systems and organs may occur, due to the involvement of their vascular beds.
- In these cases, imaging of other body areas, like head and thorax, may be needed.
- Involvement of other organs/systems is often subclinical but it may result sometimes in severe neurological dysfunction.