title: Linear osteochondromatosis in a cat.
abstract: A domestic shorthair cat was presented with quadriparesis and lumbar hyperesthesia that progressed over 4 months. There were linear and amorphous radiopaque masses throughout the soft tissue surrounding the long bones, vertebral bodies, ribs, pelvis, and scapula. The diagnosis of osteochondromatosis was confirmed by histopathology. Unlike previously reported patients with osteochondromatosis, most of the calcified masses in this cat were not connected to the periosteum; some were linear and were arranged parallel to the long bones involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Boaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levitin
authors.forename: Itamar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aroch
authors.forename: Itzhak
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aizenberg
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Foreman
authors.forename: Merav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shamir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006614:Hindlimb; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D018216:Osteochondromatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*