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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1990; 3(03): 97-99
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633236
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633236
Case Report
Intermittent Open Mouth Locking in a Persian Cat
Further Information
Publication History
Received for publication
05 February 1990
Publication Date:
10 February 2018 (online)

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.
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