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

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.