Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dural tear and myelomalacia caused by an airgun pellet in a cat.
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- de la Fuente, Cristian et al.
- Affiliation:
- Hospital Clí · Spain
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
An 8-year-old cat was presented with severe neurological deficits secondary to a traumatic cervical spinal cord injury caused by an airgun pellet. This report describes, for the first time, the myelographic findings of a dural rupture in a cat and also describes a bilateral Horner's syndrome in a cat.
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