Title
CEREBRAL INFARCTION ASSOCIATED WITH COARCTATION OF THE AORTA IN A LOWLAND GORILLA (GORILLA-GORILLA-GORILLA)
Author(s)
TRUPKIEWICZ, JG; MCNAMARA, TS; WEIDENHEIM, KM; COOK, RA; GRENELL, SL; FACTOR, SM
Published
1995
Publisher
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Abstract
Coarctation of the aorta was associated with chronic cerebral infarction and atrophy in a young adult male lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Aortic obstruction resulted in chronic cerebrovascular disease and lesions compatible with hypertension, including arteriosclerosis of the circle of Willis and acute and chronic ischemic changes in the cerebrum. Clinical signs developed at 7 years of age as progressive left focal seizures, eventually culminating in status epilepticus.
Keywords
HYPERTENSION

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