Difference between revisions of "Bones Inflammatory - Pathology"

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===Panosteitis===
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===[[Panosteitis]]===
[[Image:Panosteitis.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Panosteitis (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
 
 
 
*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 [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Hypertrophic osteodystrophy|'''hypertrophic osteodystrophy''']]
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Bones - Inflammatory Pathology]]
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Musculoskeletal System - Pathology]]
 
[[Category:Musculoskeletal System - Pathology]]

Revision as of 12:10, 3 March 2011