| dc.description.abstract | A 23-month-old neutered, overweight, castrated male cat was presented with hind limb lameness. By the physical examination the patient could not stand up on hind limbs, the rotation of the hip was painfull, and bilateral grade II. medial patellar luxation was diagnosted.
Pelvic radiographs showed femur proximal epihyseolysis affecting both sides. Standard VD-recording the dislocation of the femoral proximal epiphyseal plate is not necessarily visible in the early phase of the disease. Careful radiological investigation, other view ("frog position") may be required in case of suspicion of the disease. The patient with bilateral femoral head resection performed one month apart were treated.
After the femoral head resection the sample was admitted for histopathological examination. The diagnosis was epiphyseal dysplasia with slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
The epiphyseal dysplasia known, but it is not very common disease in cats. To our knowledge, the combined incidence of patellar luxation has not been reported. The proximal femoral epiphyseal injury is usually due to major traumatic event, however, has been reported in cats without a traumatic history. As the basis of human data on the background of endocrine abnormalities encountered, so we performed blood tests. The cats with subclinical diabetes mellitus was defined with the co-existence of these surgical lesions not mentioned in the available literature. This raises the question of whether there is a correlation between elevated glucose and fructosamine levels and orthopedic disorders? | en |
