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Case Reports
. 2015 Dec;56(12):1279-82.

Acute idiopathic polyneuritis with spontaneous remission in an Abyssinian cat

Aurélien Jeandel  1 , Kaspar Matiasek  1 , Stéphane Blot  1
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Case Reports

Acute idiopathic polyneuritis with spontaneous remission in an Abyssinian cat

Aurélien Jeandel et al. Can Vet J. 2015 Dec.

Abstract
in English, French

An Abyssinian kitten was presented after a sudden onset of neurological disorders consistent with a polyneuropathy. Electrophysiological and histological investigations revealed an inflammatory polyneuropathy. No infectious agents were detected. Spontaneous recovery occurred rapidly without relapse (2 years follow-up). This is the first description of a histologically confirmed self-limiting feline polyneuritis.

Polyneurite idiopathique aiguë avec rémission spontanée chez un chat Abyssinien. Un chaton Abyssinien a été présenté suite à l’apparition soudaine de troubles neurologiques conformes à une polyneuropathie. Les enquêtes électrophysiologiques et histologiques ont révélé une polyneuropathie inflammatoire. Aucun agent infectieux n’a été détecté. Le rétablissement spontané s’est produit rapidement sans rechute (suivi de 2 ans). Il s’agit de la première description d’une polyneurite féline auto-limitée confirmée par histologie.(Traduit par Isabelle Vallières).

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Tibialis cranialis muscle histology. A — Grouped multiple small angulated fibers (Hematoxylin and eosin stain, bar = 100 μm); B — Intramuscular nerve branch in a normal 8-month-old cat (Gomori’s trichrome stain, bar = 10 μm); C — Intramuscular nerve branch of the kitten (Gomori’s trichrome stain, bar = 10 μm).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Teased peroneal nerve after osmium tetroxide with/without hematoxylin counterstaining. Note the mononuclear round cells attached to (red arrows) or invading (blue arrows) the large myelinated fibers (bar = 20 μm).
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