Difference between revisions of "Bones Inflammatory - Pathology"
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Revision as of 12:10, 3 March 2011
Osteomyelitis
Periostitis
Panosteitis
- Typically young large or giant breeds
- 75% of cases in German shepherd dogs, 5-12 months old
- Clinical signs:
- Shifting lameness
- Often eosinophilia in peripheral blood
- Usually self-limiting in one to several months
- Grossly:
- Foreleg long bone diaphyses affected (multiple bones in 50% of cases)
- Increased bone formation in the medullary cavity and often in the periosteum
- Contast with hypertrophic osteodystrophy