title: Femoral nerve entrapment in a dog with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report femoral neuropathy caused by nerve entrapment associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven-year-old female spayed Boxer dog.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Entrapment of the right femoral nerve due to DISH caused a femoral nerve deficit and atrophy of muscle groups associated with the affected nerve. A combination of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging was performed to provide a diagnosis. Amputation of the right transverse process of the sixth lumbar vertebra at the level of nerve entrapment relieved the neurological abnormality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nerve entrapment leading to neurapraxia may occur concurrently with DISH and surgery in this case was successful in restoring function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peripheral neuropathy from nerve entrapment should be considered in patients with DISH. Surgical amputation of impinging osseous structures may be indicated for relief of femoral neuropathy.
authors: Alen Lai, North Shore Veterinary Specialist Centre, Small Animal Surgery Department, 64 Atchision St., Crows Nest, NSW 2065, Australia, E-mail: alen.lai@sydney.edu.au.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Lai
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Culvenor
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Bailey
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Davies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: DISH; Femoral nerve; compression; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; entrapment