Difference between revisions of "Osteochondroma"
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**Interfere with actions of tendons and ligaments | **Interfere with actions of tendons and ligaments | ||
**Cause compression of spinal cord | **Cause compression of spinal cord | ||
| − | **Become malignant -> [[ | + | **Become malignant -> [[Chondrosarcoma|chondrosarcoma]] |
*Seen in adult cats**In flat bones | *Seen in adult cats**In flat bones | ||
**Do not undergo endochondral ossification | **Do not undergo endochondral ossification | ||
Latest revision as of 13:27, 3 March 2011
- In cats, horses and dogs
- Appear in young animals and stop growing when the bones cease growth
- Defect of skeletal growth
- Possibly inherited in dogs and horses
- Grossly:
- Multiple
- Cartilage capped projections on external surface of bone
- Undergoes endochondral ossification
- Marrow spaces of the masses communicate with the parent bone
- May:
- Interfere with actions of tendons and ligaments
- Cause compression of spinal cord
- Become malignant -> chondrosarcoma
- Seen in adult cats**In flat bones
- Do not undergo endochondral ossification
- Associated with FeLV?
- May also become malignant