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Case Reports
. 2007 Dec;9(6):494-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.03.009. Epub 2007 Jun 8.

Acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis attributable to cranial cervical intervertebral disc disease in a cat

Karl C Maritato  1 , Jose A Colon, John V Mauterer
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Case Reports

Acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis attributable to cranial cervical intervertebral disc disease in a cat

Karl C Maritato et al. J Feline Med Surg. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

A 10-year-old domestic longhair cat was presented for acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis. Clinicopathologic diagnostics revealed no abnormalities. Cervical myelogram revealed an extradural compressive lesion consistent with intervertebral disc disease of the C2-C3 intervertebral disc space. Ventral slot decompression confirmed the presence of extruded intervertebral disc material into the vertebral canal of the C2-C3 intervertebral space. The patient succumbed to cardiorespiratory arrest 3 days postoperatively.

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Figures

Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Lateral cervical myelogram focused on the extradural compressive lesion at the level of the C2–C3 intervertebral space (white arrow). Mild column splitting indicated a degree of lateralization of disc material (black arrowhead).
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Ventrodorsal cervical myelogram indicating widening of the contrast medium over the C2–C3 intervertebral disc space consistent with the ventral compression evident in the lateral myelographic view (white brackets).
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