TY - JOUR

T1 - Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism in two cats

T2 - evaluation of bone mineral density with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and computed tomography

AU - Dimopoulou, Maria

AU - Kirpensteijn, Jolle

AU - Nielsen, Dorte Hald

AU - Buelund, Lene Elisabeth

AU - Hansen, Mette Sif

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Two three-month-old, intact female Abyssinian cats were presented with a history of lameness, constipation and ataxia. The cats had been fed a diet composed almost exclusively of meat. Both showed severe osteopenia and multiple pathological fractures on radiography. Following euthanasia of the more severely affected cat, postmortem examination revealed changes consistent with nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism and fibrous osteodystrophy, such as cortical thinning, massive connective tissue invasion in the diaphysis of long bones, and hypertrophy of the chief cells in both parathyroid glands. After introducing a balanced commercial diet to the surviving cat, bone mineralisation improved from the baseline value, and at subsequent examinations at three, six and 22 weeks later, as indicated by bone mineral density measurements obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and compute tomography.

AB - Two three-month-old, intact female Abyssinian cats were presented with a history of lameness, constipation and ataxia. The cats had been fed a diet composed almost exclusively of meat. Both showed severe osteopenia and multiple pathological fractures on radiography. Following euthanasia of the more severely affected cat, postmortem examination revealed changes consistent with nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism and fibrous osteodystrophy, such as cortical thinning, massive connective tissue invasion in the diaphysis of long bones, and hypertrophy of the chief cells in both parathyroid glands. After introducing a balanced commercial diet to the surviving cat, bone mineralisation improved from the baseline value, and at subsequent examinations at three, six and 22 weeks later, as indicated by bone mineral density measurements obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and compute tomography.

U2 - 10.3415/VCOT-09-02-0016

DO - 10.3415/VCOT-09-02-0016

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 19997669

VL - 2010

SP - 56

EP - 61

JO - Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

JF - Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

SN - 0932-0814

IS - 1

ER -