Hypertrophic osteopathy in a dog with a chronic lung abscess |
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| Authors: | J W Hesselink J G van den Tweel |
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| Institution: | Veterinary Clinic, Marum, The Netherlands. |
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| Abstract: | A 2-year-old dog was examined because of gradual lameness of all 4 limbs and weight loss. Hypertrophic osteopathy was diagnosed. Radiography revealed a mass in the caudal lobe of the right lung. At necropsy, the mass was determined to be a chronic abscess. Corynebacterium pyogenes was cultured from the lesion. Although hypertrophic osteopathy in dogs is commonly associated with a thoracic lesion, most often neoplastic, the chronic lung abscess in this dog might have been formed as a result of a paralaryngeal abscess that was treated 3 months before the onset of the lameness. |
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