Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with fungal bone infection diagnosed late after early bone scan
By de Lorimier, Louis-Philippe & Fan, Timothy M·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2010·Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Delayed diagnosis of fungal osteomyelitis with early scintigraphic lesions in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old neutered male golden retriever was brought in for limping on his left front leg, which had been ongoing for two years. Initially, he was misdiagnosed with bacterial pneumonia and lameness, but further testing revealed he had a fungal infection in the bone called blastomycosis. While X-rays didn't show any issues, a special scan (bone scintigraphy) indicated early signs of the infection. This case highlights that bone scintigraphy can be more effective than X-rays in spotting early bone infections in dogs. The dog received appropriate treatment for the fungal infection and is expected to recover.
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Abstract
A 4-year-old neutered male golden retriever was diagnosed with osseous blastomycosis of the distal left forelimb by means of radiographs and histopathology. Presumptive bacterial pneumonia and left forelimb lameness had been diagnosed 2 y previously, at which time bone scintigraphy revealed increased uptake in the distal left forelimb, but radiographs showed no detectable lesion. Though not specific, bone scintigraphy appears more sensitive than radiography in identifying early lesions of fungal osteomyelitis in dogs.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21358935/