ENCHONDROMATOSIS IN AN ADULT DOG

Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2018 Sep;59(5):E50-E55. doi: 10.1111/vru.12487. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

Abstract

A 7-year-old crossbreed dog presented for lameness with diffuse soft tissue swelling in the right fore limb. Radiographs identified increased opacity of medullary cavity involving the radius and ulna. Whole-body computed tomography (CT) revealed mineral attenuation in the medullary cavity of multiple bones. Histopathology of the right distal tibia showed a fibrocartilaginous matrix occupying intertrabecular spaces. The final diagnosis was enchondromatosis. Long-term favorable progression of the dog's clinical condition further supported the benign histopathologic classification. This is the fifth case of canine enchondromatosis reported so far and the first documentation of further characterization with CT.

Keywords: bone marrow; canine; cartilage; enchondroma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dogs
  • Enchondromatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Enchondromatosis / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Radiography / veterinary
  • Radius / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radius / pathology
  • Tibia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tibia / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / veterinary
  • Ulna / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ulna / pathology