2003 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 736-738
A 4-month-old female Siamese cat weighing 1.8 kg was found in a state of collapse. Neurological examinations revealed paraplegia of both hind limbs and loss of reflexes in the patellar tendon and anal sphincter muscle. Lumber myelograph revealed an irregular, marbled pattern in the image of the lumbar spinal cord, though no abnormal X-ray findings were observed. Necropsy showed fresh hemorrhage in the subcutaneous tissues of the inner thigh, the pelvic cavity, and the right abdominal wall. In addition, the lumbar spinal cord was swollen. Histological examination revealed acute ischemic neuronal necrosis and neuropil edema in the spinalcord gray matter from L2 to the end of the sacrum. On the basis of these findings, the case was diagnosed as traumatic ischemic myelopathy.
