Enrico Panichi, Sara Sassaroli, Giorgio Maria Ciccarese, Valentina Riccio, Caterina Balestriere, Marco Barbaccia, Fulvio Cappellari, Ekaterina Burkhan, Angela Palumbo Piccionello
An 8-month-old male American Staffordshire terrier was referred for a no-weightbearing lameness of the right pelvic limb, hyperthermia, lethargy and inappetence. Two months before, endocarditis was diagnosed and treated in another veterinary hospital. Orthopedic, radiographic and tomographic examinations revealed a bone sequestrum of 4 × 1.4 cm and active periosteal reaction of the caudo-lateral cortical in the metaphysis and the distal third of the right femoral diaphysis, medullary osteolysis and interruption of the cranio-medial cortical profile, with involvement of the femoral trochlea leading to a secondary medial patella luxation...
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