title: Chronic cystitis with ossification of the bladder wall in a 6-month-old German shepherd dog.
abstract: Ossification of the bladder wall, detected radiographically as a nonhomogeneous radiopaque area in the cranioventral part of the bladder in a puppy, is reported. We speculate that chronic inflammation due to the presence of uroliths in the lumen may have stimulated a metaplastic transformation of the cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Viale dell'Università 16, Agripolis--35020 Legnaro, Padua, Italy. alessandro.zotti@unipd.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zotti
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fant
authors.forename: Gabrita
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Zan
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mollo
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busetto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003556:Cystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary