title: Acute lower motor neuron tetraparesis.
abstract: Flaccid nonambulatory tetraparesis or tetraplegia is an infrequent neurologic presentation; it is characteristic of neuromuscular disease (lower motor neuron [LMN] disease) rather than spinal cord disease. Paresis beginning in the pelvic limbs and progressing to the thoracic limbs resulting in flaccid tetraparesis or tetraplegia within 24 to 72 hours is a common presentation of peripheral nerve or neuromuscular junction disease. Complete body flaccidity develops with severe decrease or complete loss of spinal reflexes in pelvic and thoracic limbs. Animals with acute generalized LMN tetraparesis commonly show severe motor dysfunction in all limbs and severe generalized weakness in all muscles.
authors.affiliation: Facultat de Veterinària, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary School, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain. Electronic address: sonia.anor@uab.es.
authors.forename: Sònia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Añor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001906:Botulism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013985:Tick Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary
keywords: Botulism; Flaccid tetraparesis; Fulminant myasthenia gravis; Polyradiculoneuritis; Tick paralysis