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1 October 1988 Meningioma in a Woodchuck Exhibiting Central Vestibular Deficits
Michael Podell, Mark Pokras, Peter Gerlach, Richard Jakowski
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Abstract

An 11-yr-old captive-raised male woodchuck (Marmota monax) presented with ataxia, poor balance, left-sided weakness, circling to the left and nystagmus with the fast-phase directed towards the left. The clinical signs were compatible with a central vestibular deficit syndrome. Necropsy and histologic findings revealed a meningotheliomatous meningioma centered over the ventrolateral left pons and medulla along with acute bronchopneumonia, chronic glomerulopathy, interstitial nephritis, and phthisis bulbi.

Michael Podell, Mark Pokras, Peter Gerlach, and Richard Jakowski "Meningioma in a Woodchuck Exhibiting Central Vestibular Deficits," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(4), 695-699, (1 October 1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.4.695
Received: 4 November 1987; Published: 1 October 1988
KEYWORDS
bronchopneumonia
case history
central vestibular deficits
glomerulopathy
Marmota monax
meningioma
Woodchuck
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