Linear osteochondromatosis in a cat.
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.
Levitin
Boaz
B
Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Aroch
Itamar
I
Aizenberg
Itzhak
I
Foreman
Oded
O
Shamir
Merav
M
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*