Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis attributable to cranial cervical intervertebral disc disease in a cat.
- Journal:
- Journal of feline medicine and surgery
- Year:
- 2007
- Authors:
- Maritato, Karl C et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Surgery · United States
- Species:
- cat
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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