https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/24302/calcified-lesion-in-a-young-cat This is a radiograph if the left fore of a young intact make cat that presented last week for a suspected bite wound. Last week it was bruised and very sore, after one week of clindamycin the bruising is gone and the cat is sound, but a firm swellingen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/158445?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 19 May 2016 22:48:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:fb3fb325-df3d-4e20-8212-43cfa4dd8e3dDavid Mills<p>Spindle cells are reactive fibroblasts, non-neoplastic.&nbsp;</p> <p>Likely need a biopsy.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/158444?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 19 May 2016 22:41:46 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d0d27f33-de35-4639-ab04-15fd3afd64c3shanley barber<p>I would love that, but i highly doubt they will pay for cytology by&nbsp;an external lab. &nbsp;they weren&#39;t even keen to pay for the radiograph! &nbsp;I was hoping for a comment on the slides by someone keen on cytology!&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/158397?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 19 May 2016 09:45:52 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:5baf0e37-c3a5-4b1c-919f-53d8aed5311egrumpyoldman<p>May be worth getting someone to look for NTMI s with an acid -fast stain ,could be a chronic mycobacterial infection ?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/158383?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 18 May 2016 22:30:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6a5272d9-76fc-4711-ab41-ee370da7434dshanley barber<p><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/9/7587.image.jpg"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/9/7587.image.jpg" border="0" alt=" " /></a><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/9/2045.image.jpg"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/9/2045.image.jpg" border="0" alt=" " /></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/158378?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 18 May 2016 21:56:00 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f3b0fdfb-c868-4a89-9d44-aa37bc94d7dbKathryn Burton<p>Profound inflammation in juvenile animal --&gt; dystrophic calcification?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/158366?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 18 May 2016 16:27:14 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b0f20053-2fb8-4f82-9408-85b406703d1ajoanne mcallister<p>could be fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a rare genetic condition causing ossification of soft tissues. I had a young stray cat present with ossification of it&#39;s achilles tendon a few years ago. It went on to develop ossification of other soft tissues and was eventually euthanased. Interestingly , she also had short&nbsp;toes, associated with Munchmeyers disease in humans</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>