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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1990; 3(03): 97-99
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633236
Case Report
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Intermittent Open Mouth Locking in a Persian Cat

M. G. Oakes
1   From the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinics, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
,
D. D. Lewis
2   From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
,
R. D. Pechman
2   From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
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Received for publication 05 February 1990

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10 February 2018 (online)

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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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