Hypertrophic osteopathy in a dog with a chronic lung abscess.
A 2-year-old dog was examined because of gradual lameness of all 4 limbs and weight loss. Hypertrophic osteopathy was diagnosed. Radiography revealed a mass in the caudal lobe of the right lung. At necropsy, the mass was determined to be a chronic abscess. Corynebacterium pyogenes was cultured from the lesion. Although hypertrophic osteopathy in dogs is commonly associated with a thoracic lesion, most often neoplastic, the chronic lung abscess in this dog might have been formed as a result of a paralaryngeal abscess that was treated 3 months before the onset of the lameness.
Veterinary Clinic, Marum, The Netherlands.
J W
JW
Hesselink
J G
JG
van den Tweel
D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D003355:Corynebacterium pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004285:Dogs; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male