Suspected systemic calcinosis and calciphylaxis in 5 horses.
Five horses were presented with signs of myopathy along with systemic malaise, hyperfibrinogenemia, hyperphosphatemia, and an elevated calcium phosphorus product (Ca*P). Postmortem findings were consistent with systemic calcinosis, a syndrome of calcium deposition in the tissue of organs including lungs, kidneys, muscle, and heart that has not been previously described in horses.
Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. jeanyintan@gmail.com
Jean-Yin
JY
Tan
Stephanie J
SJ
Valberg
Manu M
MM
Sebastian
Gordon D
GD
Davis
Jenny R
JR
Kelly
Lutz S
LS
Goehring
Malte M
MM
Harland
K Leann
KL
Kuebelbeck
Bryan M
BM
Waldridge
Joseph C
JC
Newton
Johanna M
JM
Reimer
D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood
D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium