Systemic ceroid-lipofuscinosis in a Japanese domestic cat

J Vet Med Sci. 1993 Oct;55(5):829-31. doi: 10.1292/jvms.55.829.

Abstract

An 11-month-old castrated male Japanese domestic cat was euthanized because of neurological symptoms such as shivering and difficulty of walking. Histopathological examination showed glial proliferation and marked deposition of ceroid-lipofuscin in the neuronal and glial cells of the brain. Ceroid-lipofuscin was deposited also in reticuloendothelial cells of the liver, spleen and some lymph nodes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Atrophy
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Cat Diseases*
  • Cats
  • Cerebellum / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Male
  • Microglia / pathology
  • Microglia / ultrastructure
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses / pathology
  • Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses / veterinary*
  • Orchiectomy