Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with bone swelling and cough caused by grass awn in lung
By A. Palumbo Piccionello et al.·Published in Veterinární Medicína·2012·Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Matelica, Italy, CZ·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Hypertrophic osteopathy associated with a bronchial foreign body (grass awn) in a dog: a case report
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old dog was brought in after experiencing lethargy, a decreased appetite, coughing, and occasional limping in the front leg for five months. X-rays showed a growth on the bone of the left front toe and a foreign object, a grass awn, lodged in the lung. The grass awn was removed using a special camera procedure called bronchoscopy. Three months later, the dog's toe looked normal, and follow-up X-rays showed that the bone growth had decreased and the lung was clear. The dog's symptoms completely resolved after the foreign body was removed.
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Abstract
A five-year-old dog was referred with a five-month history of lethargy, decreased appetite, cough and intermittent forelimb lameness. Radiographs revealed an intra-thoracic lesion and a marked periosteal bone apposition of the second digit on the left forelimb. As it was palisading and circumferential, the latter appeared typical of hypertrophic osteopathy (HO). A grass awn in a sub-lobar ramification of the right caudal bronchus was identified and removed by bronchoscopy. At three months follow-up, the digit appeared clinically normal. On radiographs the periosteal bone reaction had decreased, indicative of resolving hypertrophic osteopathy. Thoracic radiographs showed no abnormalities five months after foreign body removal and the bone lesion on the digit had disappeared. Successful treatment of the pulmonary foreign body abscess led to spontaneous regression of HO and eventually to complete resolution of clinical signs. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of HO secondary to a bronchial-pulmonary grass an abscess.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.17221/6470-VETMED