title: [Osteolysis of the hip joint in an eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna)].
abstract: Lameness in freshwater turtles is rarely seen and is mostly caused by bite injuries, other traumata or inflammatory processes. A 17 year old female eastern river cooter which was pretreated for disseminated shell necrosis a few months ago was presented due to acute lameness of the right hind limb. Diagnostic imaging revealed complete lysis of the hip joint and was classified as necrotizing osteomyelitis by histopathology. Septicemic spreading of pathogens and thus a link to the previous shell necrosis could not be identified. The patient developed wound complications and died a few days after the surgical procedure. Postmortem, a pronounced subacute pneumonia was diagnosed as presumed cause of death, which has not been clinically manifest during the whole medical history.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Engelke
authors.forename: Peer
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zwart
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hackenbroich
authors.forename: Davina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fehr
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mathes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary; D014426:Turtles