title: Idiopathic hypertrophic osteopathy in a cat.
abstract: This report describes the first case of idiopathic hypertrophic osteopathy (HO) in a cat. No causes for the bone pathology were found following evaluation of the physical and laboratory examinations (complete blood count, albumin, creatinine, urea, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyltransferase and urinalysis), and after histopathological evaluation of organs at necropsy. Based on the radiographic, clinical and anatomopathological findings, idiopathic HO was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Natália
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Melo Ocarino
authors.forename: Fabíola B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Aléxis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Matos Gomes
authors.forename: Daniela F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Bueno
authors.forename: Taismara Simas
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Rogéria
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Serakides
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002415:Cats; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male