Multiple neurologic deficits. Noninfectious diseases

Multifocal neurologic deficits in cats are most commonly caused by inflammatory diseases discussed in Multiple Neurologic Deficits: Inflammatory Diseases (page 426). Additional noninfectious causes, including verminous, inherited/congenital, nutritional, toxic, and traumatic diseases are discussed here. This division of inflammatory and noninfectious causes is somewhat artificial, as either can cause multifocal involvement. Systemic disease, however, is somewhat more common in the inflammatory conditions.