Idiopathic hypertrophic osteopathy in a cat.

Authors
de Melo Ocarino N, Fukushima FB, de Matos Gomes A, Bueno DF, de Oliveira TS, Serakides R.
Date
2006 Oct
Journal
J Feline Med Surg
Volume
8
Number
5
Pages
345-8

This report describes the first case of idiopathic hypertrophic osteopathy (HO) in a cat. No causes for the bone pathology were found following evaluation of the physical and laboratory examinations (complete blood count, albumin, creatinine, urea, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyltransferase and urinalysis), and after histopathological evaluation of organs at necropsy. Based on the radiographic, clinical and anatomopathological findings, idiopathic HO was diagnosed.