Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb
Abstract
Hypertrophic osteopathy is a pathological disease process that occurs secondary to intra thoracic lesions that are either pulmonary or non pulmonary in origin. A 6-year-old female German shepherd cross was presented with complaints of losing body condition, anorexia, lameness, and swollen limbs. Clinical examination revealed swelling of all four limbs which were hard and painless on palpation. Radiographic examination of the limbs and the thoracic cavity revealed, irregular periosteal new bone formation along the shafts of most of the long bones and an oval-shaped 6 cm diameter radio dense caudal mediastinal mass. At post-mortem examination, an oesophageal diverticulum was found, filled with foul smelling creamy exudates and a bone foreign body firmly adherent to the wall. Hypertrophic osteopathy secondary to oesophageal foreign body was diagnosed based on history, clinical examination, radiography, post-mortem picture and histopathology.Hipertrofična osteopatija patološki je proces koji se javlja sekundarno kao posljedica intratorakalnih lezija plućnog ili neplućnog podrijetla. Njemačka ovčarka u dobi od šest godina bila je primljena sa znakovima gubitka težine, anoreksije, šepanja i otečenih nogu. Kliničkom pretragom ustanovljene su tvrde, na palpaciju bezbolne otekline nogu. Radiografskom pretragom nogu i prsne šupljine ustanovljene su nepravilne periostealne novotvorine u većine dugih kostiju i ovalna radiološki gusta masa promjera šest cm u kaudalnom medijastinumu. Pri razudbi je ustanovljen divertikul jednjaka ispunjen pjenušavim eksudatom neugodna mirisa i koštano strano tijelo koje je čvrsto prianjalo na stijenku. Na osnovi anamneze, kliničke pretrage, radiografije, razudbe trupla i patohistološkoga nalaza dijagnosticirana je sekundarna hipertrofična osteopatija kao posljedica stranoga tijela u jednjak
