Back-scattered electron imaging of a non-vertebral case of hypervitaminosis A in a cat
Franch, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Pastor Milán, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Franch, Belen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Durall Rivas, Ignacio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Manzanares, María Cristina (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)

Date:	2000
Abstract:	We describe a clinical case of hypervitaminosis A in a cat. The main lesions were bony fusions of both the hip and stifle joints, without spinal involvement. A post-mortem study using back-scattered scanning electron microscopy (BEI-SEM) revealed that exostoses had formed around the joints without articular surface involvement. The more recently formed areas of bony proliferation were composed mainly of chondroid tissue surrounded by different degrees of woven bone. As the bony reaction occurred, remodelling of the trabeculae was observed which lead to progressive substitution of chondroid tissue by woven bone surrounded by apposition of lamellar bone. No traces of calcified cartilage were observed in any of the bone sections evaluated.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Diagnòstic per la imatge ; Gats -- Malalties ; Veterinària
Published in:	Journal of feline medicine and surgery, Vol. 2 Núm. 1 (2000) , p. 49-56, ISSN 1532-2750

DOI: 10.1053/jfms.2000.0065
PMID: 11716591

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