Veterinary Archives, Vol. 77 No. 5, 2007.
Original scientific paper
Hypertrophic osteopathy secondary to oesophageal foreign body in a dog - a case report
Modesta Makungu
; Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Joshua Malago
; Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Amandus Pachificus Muhairwa
; Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Donald Gregory Mpanduji
; Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Magwishi Nkwabi Mgasa
; Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Abstract
Hypertrophic osteopathy is a pathological disease process that occurs secondary to intra thoracic lesions that are either pulmonary or non pulmonary in origin. A 6-year-old female German shepherd cross was presented with complaints of losing body condition, anorexia, lameness, and swollen limbs. Clinical examination revealed swelling of all four limbs which were hard and painless on palpation. Radiographic examination of the limbs and the thoracic cavity revealed, irregular periosteal new bone formation along the shafts of most of the long bones and an oval-shaped 6 cm diameter radio dense caudal mediastinal mass. At post-mortem examination, an oesophageal diverticulum was found, filled with foul smelling creamy exudates and a bone foreign body firmly adherent to the wall. Hypertrophic osteopathy secondary to oesophageal foreign body was diagnosed based on history, clinical examination, radiography, post-mortem picture and histopathology.
Keywords
hypertrophic osteopathy; oesophagus; bony; foreign body; dog
Hrčak ID:
24767
URI
Publication date:
19.10.2007.
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