title: Delayed diagnosis of fungal osteomyelitis with early scintigraphic lesions in a dog.
abstract: A 4-year-old neutered male golden retriever was diagnosed with osseous blastomycosis of the distal left forelimb by means of radiographs and histopathology. Presumptive bacterial pneumonia and left forelimb lameness had been diagnosed 2 y previously, at which time bone scintigraphy revealed increased uptake in the distal left forelimb, but radiographs showed no detectable lesion. Though not specific, bone scintigraphy appears more sensitive than radiography in identifying early lesions of fungal osteomyelitis in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA. lpdl@hvrs.com
authors.forename: Louis-Philippe
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: de Lorimier
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary