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Paraparesis

Forelimb
Hindlimb
(rare)

– Bilateral brachial
plexus avulsion
LMN paraparesis UMN paraparesis
– Bilateral
plexus neuritis
– Polyneuropathy

Lesion of the Lesion of the spinal Lesion of the spinal
peripheral cord L4–S2 or cauda cord
nerves/muscles equina T3–L3

– Polyneuropathy – Intervertebral disc – Intervertebral disc
– Polymyopathy disease disease
– Aortic thrombosis – Trauma (e.g. vertebral – Neoplasia
– Bottom-hung-window fracture/luxation) – Degenerative
trauma (cat) – Neoplasia (e.g. myelopathy
lymphoma [cat]) – Trauma (e.g. vertebral
– Discospondylitis fracture/luxation)
– Myelitis (e.g. FIP [cat]) – Spinal cord infarction
– Spinal cord infarction – Discospondylitis
– Myelomalacia – Myelitis

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