ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine
Electrophysiologic confirmation of heterogenous motor polyneuropathy in young cats.
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- Presumptive motor neuron degeneration in an adult cat.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2024Article
- Serum anti-GM2 and anti-GalNAc-GD1a ganglioside IgG antibodies are biomarkers for immune-mediated polyneuropathies in cats.Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS · 2023Article
- Biopsy Characteristics, Subtypes, and Prognostic Features in 107 Cases of Feline Presumed Immune-Mediated Polyneuropathy.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Clinical Course and Diagnostic Findings of Biopsy Controlled Presumed Immune-Mediated Polyneuropathy in 70 European Cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Juvenile-onset motor polyneuropathy in Siberian cats.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2020Article
- Acute idiopathic polyneuritis with spontaneous remission in an Abyssinian cat.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2015Article
- Immune-mediated polyneuropathy in cats: Clinical description, electrodiagnostic assessment, and treatment.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
- Distal polyneuropathy in an adult Birman cat with toxoplasmosis.JFMS open reportsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundReports of motor polyneuropathies in young cats are scarce. Further, in-depth electrophysiologic evaluation to confirm a motor polyneuropathy in young cats of various breeds other than 2 Bengal cats is lacking. HYPOTHESIS/
objectivesTo confirm a motor polyneuropathy in young cats of various breeds. ANIMALS: Five young cats with heterogenous chronic or relapsing episodes of weakness.
methodsRetrospective case series. Cats were presented for evaluation of generalized neuromuscular disease and underwent electrophysiologic examination including electromyography, nerve conduction, and repetitive nerve stimulation. Minimum database and muscle and nerve biopsy analyses were carried out. Descriptive statistics were performed.
resultsDisease onset was at 3 months to 1 year of age and in 5 breeds. The most common clinical sign (5 of 5 cats) was weakness. Additional neurologic deficits consisted of palmigrade and plantigrade posture (4/4), low carriage of the head and tail (4/4), and variable segmental reflex deficits (5/5). Motor nerve conduction studies were abnormal for the ulnar (4/4), peroneal (5/5), and tibial (2/2) nerves (increased latencies, reduced amplitudes, slow velocities). A marked decrement was observed on repetitive nerve stimulation of the peroneal nerve in 3 cats for which autoimmune myasthenia gravis was ruled out. All sensory nerve conduction studies were normal. Histologic evaluation of muscle and nerve biopsies supported heterogenous alterations consistent with motor polyneuropathy with distal nerve fiber loss. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Heterogenous motor polyneuropathies should be considered in young cats of any breed and sex that are presented with relapsing or progressive generalized neuromuscular disease.
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