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Tetraparesis in a Cat With Fibrocartilaginous Emboli

From The Animal Health Trust (Abramson, Platt), Centre for Small Animal Studies, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7UU, England, UK and the Department of Pathology (Stedman), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30606.

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An 8-year-old cat, with a history of ataxia that progressed to tetraparesis over a 5-day period, was evaluated. A lesion was localized to the sixth cervical (C₆) to second thoracic (T₂) spinal cord segments based on physical and neurological examination findings. Blood work was unremarkable, as was survey radiography of the thoracic and abdominal cavities. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed moderate neutrophilic inflammation. A definitive diagnosis was not made until necropsy, at which time intravascular fibrocartilaginous embolization (FCE) of the cervical spinal cord was identified. This is only the third published report of FCE in the feline species and the first such case involving the cervical spinal cord.

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