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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 40:86-90 (2004)
© 2004 American Animal Hospital Association

Case Report

Reconstruction of a Bilateral Hypoplastic Soft Palate in a Cat

Jason F. Headrick, BA, DVM and Jonathan F. McAnulty, DVM, MS, PhD

From the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive West, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.

A 2-year-old, female spayed, domestic shorthair cat was presented with a history of dyspnea, upper respiratory congestion, and aspiration. Physical examination revealed a bilaterally hypoplastic soft palate resembling a uvula. A novel surgical technique was performed to reconstruct the soft palate, utilizing both a hard palate-derived mucoperiosteal flap combined with two pharyngeal wall-derived, random-pattern mucosal flaps. This is the first report of a bilaterally hypoplastic soft palate in the cat, as well as a description of a new surgical method for soft palate reconstruction.






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