Caudal brain infarctions in a kitten – case report

Autores

  • Lucas Alécio Gomes Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Giórgio Queiroz Pereira Clínica Veterinária Saúde Animal
  • Vítor Solano de Melo Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Selwyn Arlington Headley Universidade do Norte do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n2p817

Palavras-chave:

Feline disease, Neurology, Infarction, Multifocal syndrome, Histopathology.

Resumo

Stroke is uncommon in animals compared with humans because of the lower incidence of atherosclerosis and primary hypertension. However with advanced imaging, vascular disease is being recognized with increasing frequency in veterinary medicine. Cerebrovascular disease can be subdivided into infarction and hemorrhage, although the two categories overlap in the case of hemorrhagic infarcts. The aim of thisarticle is to report the neurological manifestations associated with stroke (infarctions) in at two-month old, domestic shorthair cat. Neurological evaluation revealed head tilt, tetraparesis, proprioceptive deficits in all four limbs, and decreased pupillary light reflex. Further, manifestations of neurological dysfunctions were acute and progressive. At the necropsy, grossly there were hemorrhage and necrosis at mid-brain and cerebellum. Histopathology confirmed liquefactive necrosis at the mid-brain and cerebellum. The neurological manifestations associated with the pathological findings are suggestive of an anoxic infarction probably due to vascular occlusion.

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Lucas Alécio Gomes, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Prof. Adjunto, Deptº de Clínicas Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, UEL, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, Campus Universitário, CEP: 86051-980, Londrina, PR.

Giórgio Queiroz Pereira, Clínica Veterinária Saúde Animal

Médico Veterinário Autônomo, Clínica Veterinária Saúde Animal, Balneário Camboriú, SC.

Vítor Solano de Melo, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Médico Veterinário Autônomo, Ex-Residente do Setor de Anatomia Patológica, Deptº de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, UEL, Londrina, PR.

Selwyn Arlington Headley, Universidade do Norte do Paraná

Prof. Pesquisador Universidade do Norte Paranaense, UNOPAR, Campus Arapongas, Arapongas, PR. Pós-Dotorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, Deptº de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, UEL, Londrina, PR.

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2013-05-14

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Gomes, L. A., Pereira, G. Q., Melo, V. S. de, & Headley, S. A. (2013). Caudal brain infarctions in a kitten – case report. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 34(2), 817–822. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n2p817

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