Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with eye movement and head sensation loss from brain lymphoma
By Guevar, Julien et al.·Published in Journal of feline medicine and surgery·2014·School of Veterinary Medicine, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Cavernous sinus syndrome secondary to intracranial lymphoma in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 14-year-old domestic shorthair cat was brought in with eye movement problems and loss of sensation in the face, which are signs of cavernous sinus syndrome. After performing imaging tests, the vet suspected that the cause was lymphoma, a type of cancer. The cat was treated with chemotherapy, which successfully improved both its symptoms and the imaging results, indicating that the cancer was responding to treatment.
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Abstract
Cavernous sinus syndrome is characterised by internal and external ophthalmoplegia and sensory deficits over the head due to combined deficits of the three cranial nerves (CNs) responsible for the eye movements and pupil function (CN III, IV, VI) and at least one branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V). It has rarely been described in cats and may occur secondarily to inflammatory, infectious or neoplastic lesions within the region of the cavernous sinus on the ventral aspect of the calvarium. This report describes the clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 14-year-old domestic shorthair cat with neurological deficits compatible with cavernous sinus syndrome caused by presumptive extranodal lymphoma. Treatment with chemotherapy resulted in clinical and imaging remission. Identification of the neurological deficits in cavernous sinus syndrome allows accurate neuroanatomical localisation in order to target diagnostic imaging studies.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24056274/