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PALLIATIVE IRRADIATION OF SCOTTISH FOLD OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIA
Author(s) -
Hubler Madeleine,
Volkert Mathias,
KaserHotz Barbara,
Arnold Susi
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04101.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteochondrodysplasia , radiation therapy , biopsy , heel , dermatology , surgery , pathology , anatomy
This report describes palliative irradiation as treatment for Scottish Fold osteochondrodysplasia. A 3‐year‐old female spayed Scottish Fold cat suffering from osteochondrodysplasia was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Zurich. Based on the breed, history, clinical signs, radiographic findings, and the histologic diagnosis of a biopsy specimen, Scottish Fold osteochondrodysplasia was confirmed. To control the exostoses leading to inflammatory processes and pain, radiotherapy was initiated as palliative treatment. This was successful in relieving the clinical signs within a few weeks. The short‐ and long‐term results after radiotherapy are presented and discussed with a comparable human disease, the plantar heel spur, which also responds well to radiotherapy.