95488 20230622083312.0 doi 10.3389/fvets.2020.00372 sideral 119557 ART-2020-119557 eng Sanroman-Llorens, F. Universidad de Zaragoza Traumatic Tympanic Bulla Fracture in a Cat With Severe Head Trauma 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted A nine-year-old male European shorthair cat was referred to our practice with severe head trauma after suffering a road traffic accident (RTA). The patient presented marked facial swelling and multiple skin wounds and bruising, inspiratory dyspnea, palpable mandibular and maxillary fractures, serosanguinolent oronasal discharge and right eye exophthalmos and buphthalmos with loss of menace and pupillary reflex. After stabilizing the patient, a CT scan was performed under general anesthesia and an oesophagostomy tube was placed. The scan revealed the presence of multiple right tympanic bulla fractures. Multiple mandibular, maxillary, and palatine fractures were also present. The cat underwent surgery. Mandibular symphyseal separation and maxillary fractures were stabilized using intraoral cerclage wire fixation reinforced with composite and the right eye was enucleated. The rest of the fractures were treated conservatively. A CT scan 4 months after the trauma was also performed. At this point, the maxillofacial fractures were healing properly, and a bone callus demonstrating fusion of fragments of the right tympanic bulla was evident. There was absence of abnormal content inside the right tympanic bulla. The patient recovered uneventfully with no neurological deficits. To the author''s knowledge this is the first case reporting a traumatic tympanic bulla fracture in the cat with case follow up, and the first case reported using CT as diagnostic imaging test. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.412 2020 VETERINARY SCIENCES 9 / 146 = 0.062 2020 Q1 T1 0.877 2020 Veterinary (miscellaneous) 2020 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Whyte, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4263-4023 Godinho, P. Castells, E. Fraga, E. 1009 617 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Patología Animal Área Medicina y Cirugía Animal 7, 372 (2020), 1-7 Front. vet. sci. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 2297-1769 1105543 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/95488/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 30307 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/95488/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:95488 articulos driver 2023-06-21-15:00:19 ARTICLE