Intermittent Open Mouth Locking in a Persian Cat

M. G. Oakes; D. D. Lewis; R. D. Pechman

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1633236

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1990; 3(03): 97-99
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633236

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Intermittent Open Mouth Locking in a Persian Cat

Authors

M. G. Oakes

¹From the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinics, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
D. D. Lewis

²From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
R. D. Pechman

²From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.

Abstract

Intermittent open mouth locking occurred in a Persian cat as the result of impingement of the left coronoid process of the mandible on the ipsilateral zygomatic arch. The condition was treated successfully by partial zygomatic arch ostectomy.

Key words

Temporomandibular luxation - Cat orthopaedics

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