VACTERL association in a cat.
We describe a female domestic cat with apparent VATER/VACTERL association, including vertebral abnormalities, anal atresia, radial agenesis, and cardiovascular and renal defects. If we consider the acronym VATER, this cat had a triad (VAR); however, if we consider the extended acronym VACTERL, she had a pentad (VACRL).
Moura
Enio
E
Service of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Campus São José, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. enio.moura@pucpr.br
Cirio
Silvana M
SM
Villanova
José A
JA
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary; D001133:Bones of Upper Extremity / Q000002:abnormalities; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D013045:Species Specificity; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities; D013577:Syndrome