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Case Reports
. 2004 Jun;35(2):242-4.
doi: 10.1638/02-028.

Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy in a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

John M Adaska  1 , Susan Lynch
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Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy in a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

John M Adaska et al. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

An adult, captive-born Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) had been ataxic for approximately 3 mo and had been self-mutilating after an acute onset of unilateral paresis and Homer's syndrome. Histologic lesions in the cervical spinal cord were consistent with fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy (FCEM), and they included the presence of cartilaginous occlusion of spinal blood vessels. This is the first reported case of FCEM in a large felid and specifically a Sumatran tiger.

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