Long standing lame cat

Re: Long standing lame cat

Michael Woodhouse — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:03:42 GMT

First presented 2 years ago with a CBA on the left (good leg on the radiographs). At the time owners reported some lameness with the right leg. CBA treated and resolved but cat remained on and off lame. Multiple times offered rads but owner declined. Recently tried a 3 week course of NSAID but that made no difference.

Not easy owners. Vague history. PITA really.

Unsure whether old fracture that has gone mad on heeling or whether something worse, but we are ~2 years down the line here. Can offer but can't believe for a single second them going for biopsies. The other view is just superimposed (and at work!).

Re: Long standing lame cat

Sarah Rothwell — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:59:55 GMT

How did it start? Sudden or gradual onset? How has it changed over the last 2 years, if at all?

Re: Long standing lame cat

Utlendigur — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:18:57 GMT

[quote user="James Laidlaw"]Have you got cr/cd views? What the heck is going on in the R patella - is there a fracture there or just serious bony changes?

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Osteochondromatosis?

Which leg is it lame on? Or is more than one leg/joint involved?

Re: Long standing lame cat

James Laidlaw — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:07:38 GMT

Pretty marked ST swelling/density around the R stifle too.

Re: Long standing lame cat

James Laidlaw — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:06:39 GMT

Have you got cr/cd views? What the heck is going on in the R patella - is there a fracture there or just serious bony changes?

Re: Long standing lame cat

Julian Earl — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:57:48 GMT

Draw sign? Looks ro have a tibial plateau lesion at the site of the creanial ligament?

Re: Long standing lame cat

mariette asselbergs — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:56:16 GMT

How badly lame? Are there any muscles left? Contractions?

Mariette