title: Acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis attributable to cranial cervical intervertebral disc disease in a cat.
abstract: A 10-year-old domestic longhair cat was presented for acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis. Clinicopathologic diagnostics revealed no abnormalities. Cervical myelogram revealed an extradural compressive lesion consistent with intervertebral disc disease of the C2-C3 intervertebral disc space. Ventral slot decompression confirmed the presence of extruded intervertebral disc material into the vertebral canal of the C2-C3 intervertebral space. The patient succumbed to cardiorespiratory arrest 3 days postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Louisiana Veterinary Referral Center, 2611 Florida Street, Mandeville, LA 70448, USA. drkmaritato@msn.com
authors.forename: Karl C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Maritato
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: John V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Mauterer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002415:Cats; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography