Figure 1.

Clinical features of a 6‐month‐old DSH cat with MPS VII. (A) Facial dysmorphia and corneal opacities. (B) Flattened nose, large rounded head, and short neck. (C) Tetraparesis, and short stature compared with the healthy littermate (back). (D) Skeletal radiograph showed pectus excavatum, kyphosis, fused and shortened vertebral bodies, increased intervertebral distances, dysostosis multiplex, hypoplastic epiphyses, and thickened diaphysis. (E) Blood smear stained with Wright–Giemsa solution showing a neutrophil with many coarse metachromatic granules, which represent cellular GAGs accumulation.