Case Report: Transoral Penetrating Medullocervical Injury by a Chopstick in Three Cats

Case Report: Transoral Penetrating Medullocervical Injury by a Chopstick in Three Cats

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This case series describes transoral penetrating or contusive medullocervical injury by a wooden chopstick in three young cats presenting with acute tetraparesis.CT revealed that remnant fragments of a wooden chopstick penetrated the atlantooccipital space in cases 1 and vive night splint 2.The remnant fragments were visualized clearly on CT under the bone window setting.MRI revealed a hyper-intense lesion in the spinal cord reebok grün parenchyma at the level of C1 on T2-weighted images in case 3.

Tetraparesis improved after surgical removal of the remnant fragment in case 2 and with supportive care in case 3.