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IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—DISCOSPONDYLITIS AND SEPTIC ARTHRITIS IN A DOG
Author(s) -
STERN LEAH,
McCARTHY ROBERT,
KING RYAN,
HUNT KATHLEEN
Publication year - 2007
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.1740-8261.2007.00253.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lameness , septic arthritis , occult , scintigraphy , bone scintigraphy , radiography , radiology , arthritis , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
A 6‐year‐old German Shepherd dog was evaluated for hind limb lameness. When a diagnosis, could not be achieved using radiography and ultrasonography, bone scintigraphy was performed to look for occult lameness or the presence of multiostic disease. Bone scintigraphy was useful in identification of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the thoracic spine and right coxofemoral joint, which directed further testing leading to the diagnosis of discospondylitis, septic arthritis of the coxofemoral joint, and a urinary tract infection.