title: Osteopetrosis-like disease in a cat with respiratory distress.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) were performed in an 8-year-old, spayed female cat with chronic effort respiration at the inspiration phase and stertor. Increased bone opacity in the areas of the head, neck and thorax were observed on radiography. MR images showed no signal intensity on both transverse T1WI and T2WI of the nasal cavity. CT revealed increased bone density and hypertrophy of the nasal turbinate and a narrowed nasal passage. From these results, we concluded this case had osteopetrosis-like disease, and that the respiratory distress was caused by hypertrophy of the nasal turbinate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Radiology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashinoshi, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takaishi
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagae
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*