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October 2024
JAAHA Case Report of the Month: Old Gunshot Wound in a Cat
It is hard to believe that a cat who had sustained a bullet wound years ago was never treated for it, or at least never had the bullet fragment removed. But anything can happen in the wild pages of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (JAAHA).
It is hard to believe that a cat who had sustained a bullet wound years ago was never treated for it, or at least never had the bullet fragment removed. But, anything can happen in the wild pages of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (JAAHA).
In human medicine, foreign bodies in the external ear canal are fairly common. Usually these are food, plastic toys, and small household items that children have stuffed in there. Foreign bodies entering the middle ear are less common and can cause serious infection. But with cats, foreign bodies associated with middle ear infection have not ever been reported—until now.
A new case study in JAAHA presents a case of otitis media secondary to a foreign body, successfully managed by endoscopy-assisted foreign body retrieval and curettage.
Read the outcome in the full report, “Video-Assisted Ventral Bulla Osteotomy to Remove a Bullet Foreign Body in a Cat,” in the current issue of JAAHA at jaaha.org.
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