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Clinical and pathological features of a cerebellar oligodendroglioma in a cat
Author(s) -
SMITH D. A.,
HONHOLD N.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1988.tb02285.x
Subject(s) - cerebellum , medicine , anatomy , pathological , flocculus , proprioception , neuroscience , pathology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , endocrinology
A cerebellar oligodendroglioma was responsible for the progressive development of neurological deficits in a six‐year‐old castrated male domestic longhaired cat. These abnormalities included a head tilt and loss of balance, nystagmus, proprioceptive deficits and eventually a fine head tremor and hypermetria of the forelimbs. The tumour was found to have destroyed most of the cerebellar grey matter, the flocculus, and the cerebellar roof nuclei on the right hand side. Increased peri‐axonal space and axonal vacuolation were visible in fibre tracts which connected to the cerebellum. The clinical signs and location of the tumour are related to the functional anatomy of the cerebellum.