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Radiographic features of two cases of feline proximal femoral dysplasia
Author(s) -
Isola M.,
Baroni E.,
Zotti A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2005.tb00293.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , dysplasia , hip dysplasia , lameness , femoral head , femoral neck , radiology , surgery , pathology , osteoporosis
Congenital or acquired feline femoral dysplasia have seldom been reported in the literature. This report describes two cases of femoral dysplasia involving the proximal epiphyses. Bilateral agenesis of the femoral head and neck (case 1) constituted an incidental finding during a post‐traumatic radiographic examination, while right proximal femoral dysplasia (case 2) was observed during an orthopaedic examination for lameness. To the authors'knowledge, such imaging findings have not been reported before in cats.