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ABSTRACT: Hypertrophic feline muscular dystrophy (HFMD), rarely reported in the literature, is a disease caused by a hereditary recessive dystrophin deficiency linked to the X chromosome, mainly affecting young male cats. Here, we presented the clinical aspects, food management, and clinical evolution of a seven-year-old mixed-breed cat diagnosed with HFMD, having a primary history of progressive tongue protrusion.

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  • RESUMO: A distrofia muscular hipertrófica felina é uma doença causada por uma deficiência da distrofina com caráter hereditário recessivo ligado ao cromossomo X, com poucos registros de ocorrência na literatura, que acomete principalmente gatos machos jovens

  • Muscular dystrophies caused by dystrophin deficiency have been reported in humans, mice (TORRES & DUCHEN, 2007), and dogs (KORNEGAY et al, 1988; YUASA et al, 2008)

  • In Brazil; cats with this disease may be prevalent, no reports are yet available in the literature

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RESUMO: A distrofia muscular hipertrófica felina é uma doença causada por uma deficiência da distrofina com caráter hereditário recessivo ligado ao cromossomo X, com poucos registros de ocorrência na literatura, que acomete principalmente gatos machos jovens. The present report presented a case of HFMD and demonstrate the clinical features, along with laboratory, imaging, histopathological, and immunohistochemical findings. Our study has described the food management and clinical evolution, following 22 months of diagnosis.

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