title: Fibrotic myopathy of the iliopsoas muscle in a dog.
abstract: Fibrotic myopathy of the iliopsoas muscle developed in a dog, following extensive migration of a grass awn within the muscle and adjacent subcutaneous tissue. The dog was initially presented for evaluation of a fluctuant swelling over the right flank region. The clinical and imaging findings were suggestive of iliopsoas fibrotic myopathy and the diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. This is the third report of iliopsoas fibrotic myopathy in a dog, the first report to describe the postmortem pathologic changes and the first report of iliopsoas fibrotic myopathy subsequent to foreign body migration.
authors.affiliation: The University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinical Centre, Werribee, Victoria, Australia. melati.laksito@sarc.com.au
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Laksito
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hodge
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary