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What are the two broad categories of inflammatory bone diseases?

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infectious and non infectious

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what kind of viruses cause viral bone lesions in young growing animals with open physes?

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pestiviruses like BVDV, classical swine fever, canine distemper, and border disease virus

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what is the pathogenesis of biral bone lesions?

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viruses damage osteoclasts–>abnormal osteoclast activity–> metaphyseal trabeculae are not remodelled –> metaphyseal osteosclerosis/growth retardation lattices

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what is the difference between osteitis and osteomyelitis?

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osteitis is inflammation of the bone, osteomyelitis is inflammation of the bone and medullary cavity

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osteomyelitis is most often associated with

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bacterial or fungal infections

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name 3 sources of bone infections

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  1. direct introduction like via open fracture or penetrating wound
  2. extension from soft tissues like cellulitis, periodontitis, etc
  3. hematogenous spread
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sometimes with bacterial infection you can get embolic osteomyelitis. Describe the pathogenesis

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septicemia–>bacteria spread via the blood–>the blood supply to the growth plate involves capillaries that make sharp bends which are prone to turbulence, thrombosis, and slow flow–>bacteria can lodge here and proliferate and spread locally–>leading to suppurative osteomyelitis

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what is this lesion showing?

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embolic osteomyelitis from a bacterial infection

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list some comon bacterial species associated with embolic osteomyelitis

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trueperella pyogenes, staphylococcus sp, escherichia coli, salmonella enterica

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what is this arrow pointing to? this is tissue from a foal

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metaphyseal suppurative osteomyelitis (pus above and below the growth plate)

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bacterial osteomyelitis is also called lumpy jaw in cattle and is caused by

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actinomyces bovis

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what is the pathogenesis of actinomyces bovis?

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damge to the oral mucosa provides portal of entry–> soft tissue infection develops–> extension of infection into the mandible–> pyogranulomatous osteomyelitis

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list 3 gross lesions of lumpy jaw

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  1. necrotic tracts of pyogranulomatous inflammation, may drain as thick pus to the skin (fistula)
  2. concurrent periosteal bone proliferation and lysis
  3. honeycomb appearance of the mandible
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this is a cow mandible. what disease is this and what is the etiology?

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lumpy jaw/bacterial osteomyelitis
actinomyces bovis

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this is tissue from a cow. what is your suspected diagnosis?

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lumpy jaw/bacterial osteomyelitis. you can see the pockets of swelling, fibrous scar tissue, and tracts of pyogranulomatous inflammation

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how does fungal osteomyelitis usually appear?

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pyogranulomatous to granulomatous osteomyelitis with bone lysis and periosteal new bone formation

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what is an important differential diagnosis for fungal osteomyelitis?

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bone neoplasia

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what is one important consideration when you are attempting to diagnose fungal osteomyelitis?

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it is less common than bacterial and the risk is very dependent on geographical location and the specific species common in certain areas

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what are the usual clinical signs associated with fungal osteomyelitis?

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fever, weight loss, and bone pain

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what are two things this could be?

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fungal osteomyelitis or bone neoplasia

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describe the pathogenesis of fungal osteomyelitis using blastomyces as your pathogen

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blastomyces inhalation–>hematogenous spread and apparent predilection for lungs (fungal pneumonia) and less often appendicular bones–>pyogranulomatous osteomyelitis

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what are 3 gross lesions to look for with fungal osteomyelitis?

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  1. periosteal new bone thickens the bone contour
  2. loss of cortical bone (cortex gone)
  3. suppurative to pyogranulomatous material present
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what is osteonecrosis and what causes it? What is the pathogenesis? What is the result?

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necrosis of the bone, causes can be infection, trauma, neoplasia, frostbite, etc.

pathogenesis: bone lesions that causes damage to the blood supply causing ischemia and infarction

area is slowly removed by osteoclasts so if it is not removed a sequestrum can form. the outcome depends on the blood supply, the size, and the proximity to viable tissue

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what is shown here?

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bone necrosis, well demarcated area tan area

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what is a bone sequestrum and what causes it?
fragments of necrotic bone that are isolated from blood supply, almost always associated with inflammation, caused by comminuted fractures creating fractures, can interfere with healing and cause non union fractures
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what is shown here?
osteomyelitis with sequestrum
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what is metaphyseal osteopathy? what do the lesions look like?
also known as hypertrophic osteodystrophy, affects young large and giant breed dogs, it is very painful and resolves spontaneously. We do not know what causes it. lesions: initially bilaterally symmetrical suppurative and fibrinous osteomyelitis of the metaphysis of multiple long bones, it can have a "double growth plate" appearance. In chronic stages there will be new periostal bone
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what disease is shown here?
metaphyseal osteopathy, you can see the growth plate and then a second band of inflammation
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what is aseptic necrosis and what is the specific type that is common?
osteonecrosis NOT associated with infection aspetic necrosis of the femoral head: affects young minature dog breeds - femoral head infarction, necrotic bone resorbed by osteoclasts, articular cartilage collapses
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what is hypertrophic osteopathy? who gets it, what do the lesions look like, and what is it associated with? Pathogenesis?
hypertrophy of the bones, occurs in dogs usually sometimes horses, lesions are progressive periosteal new bone formation affecting the distal limbs, typically associated with concurrent intrathoracic disease pathogenesis is unknown, but we know the condition will regress if the primary problem is resolved (a pulmonary/lung problem)
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what is this disease?
hypertrophic osteopathy
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what are osteochondromas? How do they normally appear?
aka multiple cartilaginous exostoses which are benign nodular growths projecting from the outer bone surface the lesion is usually a mass of trabecular bone and cartilage arising from the metaphyseal areas of multiple bones. they appear at a young age and keep growing until the animal stops growing at skeletal maturity
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this is a bone cross section. What is shown here?
an osteochondroma
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this is the rib of a puppy. what is shown here? are these lesions usually problematic?
osteochondroma these can resolve once the animal stops growing so if they are small enough they may not cause any issues
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what are the two clinically significant bone neoplasms? what do you need in order to diagnose these?
osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma you need a biopsy and NOT a cytology to diagnose. you also need a clinical history and radiographs usually too
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what is the cell of origin for osteosarcoma? How do these cells act? What is an important DDX? Where does this cancer metastasize to?
malignant osteoblasts; they produce bone and destroy existing bone DDX: osteomyelitis this cancer is aggressive and fast growing, often metastasizes to the lungs
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where does osteosarcoma usually arise?
distal radius and ulna, proximal humerus, distal femur, distal or proximal tibia, "away from the elbow, towards the knee", but can arise in any bone
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does osteosarcoma usually invade into the joint spaces?
no
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what kind of tumor is this likely?
osteosarcoma
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what are some ways to tell between osteomyelitis and osteosarcoma?
- osteomyelitis can infiltrate the joints, osteosarcoma does not - osteomyelitis comes with fever, osteosarcoma does not - weight loss is seen with osteomyelitis, not in osteosarcoma - a draining tract is possible in osteomyelitis, not found in osteosarcoma - pain is seen with both
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what is the cell of origin for chondrosarcoma and how do the tumors usually behave?
malignant chondrocytes that produce cartilage, they are slow growing with localized bone destruction, arises from flat bones
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what tumor is this likely arising from the skull?
chondrosarcoma
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list some neoplasms that often metastasize to the bones and the most common locations they metastasize to
carcinomas mostly of the mammary gland, lung, and prostate ribs, vertebrae, and proximal long bones
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a cat comes to your clinic and it's foot looks like this. what are you concened about?
i am concerned about lung-digit syndrome, which is spread from a pulmonary carcinoma. once the tumor has spread, it proliferates and destroys the nail bed and can cause sloughing of the claw. I would immediately want to take thoracic radiographs to investigate the lungs
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what is the underlying lesions of metaphyseal osteopathy?
the double growth plate
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hypertrophic osteopathy is associated with lesions in what other body system? Give two examples of these associated lesions
intrathoracic disease such as lung tumors or pneumonia
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what is chondrodysplasia?
congenital disorder where there is abnormal growth of cartilage, like disproportionate dwarfism (short legs with normal sized heads)
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what is osteopetrosis? what is the cause? what kind of animals are predisposed?
osteopetrosis=osteosclerosis (increased bone density) with no medullary cavity cause: defective osteoclasts fail to resorb bone leading to improper remodelling angus cattle and peruvian paso horses preisposed, also an association with BVDV in cattle
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what disease is this?
osteopetrosis/osteosclerosis, note the loss of medullary cavity
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what is osteogenesis imperfecta?
a genetic disease where you have abnormal type I collagen, leading to reduced trabecular bone leading to fractures, joint laxity, and abnormal dentin
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what is the word for: - partial or complete fusion of the digits - increase in the number of digits - increase in the number of limbs
syndactyly polydactyly polymelia
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what is the difference between brachygnathia inferior and superior?
inferior is a shortening of the mandible leading to an overbite superior is a shortening of the maxilla, which is seen in brachy breeds
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abnormal ventral curvature of the spinalcolumn is called
lordosis
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what is this showing?
lordosis
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abnormal dorsal curvature of the spinal column is called
kyphosis
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what is shown here?
kyphosis
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abnormal lateral deviation of the spinal column is called
scoliosis
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what is spina bifida?
defective closure of the dorsal vertebral lamina in the vertebral column

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