A Case of Thoracic Lordosis in a Cat

作     者：Başar Ulaş Sayılkan Taylan Önyay Umut Burak Ağan Yücel Meral Duygu Dalgın Başar Ulaş Sayılkan;Taylan Önyay;Umut Burak Ağan;Yücel Meral;Duygu Dalgın

作者机构：Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Medicine OndokuzMayı s University Samsun Turkey Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Medicine OndokuzMayı s University Samsun Turkey Department of Veterinary Surgery Faculty of Veterinary Medicine OndokuzMayı s University Samsun Turkey 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine》 (兽医学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第12卷第1期

页      面：1-5页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Anomaly Congenital Dyspnea Thoracic Lordosis 

摘      要：A 1.8 kg, seven months old, intact, female, mix-breed cat was referred with dyspnea and paresis. Since the patient was in such a condition that she was too incapable of the operation, treatment for dyspnea was performed. The patient has abdominal enlargement. When the respiratory stress of the patient decreased, a radiograph was taken and lordosis was found. Medical treatment was applied, because the general condition was impaired. Lordosis is the excessive curvature of a certain number of vertebrae in the neck and back region. Congenital thoracic lordosis has been described as a highly progressive and low vital capacity disease in humans and cats. Because it compresses the lung, it can cause dyspnea in patients and rhythm disturbances in the heart. This case represents a severe example of untreatable and unmanageable lordosis encountered in a cat.