Computed tomography evaluation of intra-articular mineralization in feline stifle joints

Sammanfattning

COMPUTEDTOMOGRAPHYEVALUATIONOFINTRA-ARTICULARMINERALIZATIONINFELINESTIFLEJOINTSA.Corin,C.Ley,A.Leijon,C.J.Ley.FromtheDepartmentofClinicalSciences(Corin,Ley)andDepartmentofBiomedicalSciencesandVeterinaryPublicHealth,SwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences,UppsalaSE-75007,Sweden(Ley,Leijon).Introduction/Purpose:Intra-articularmineralization(IAM)isacommonradiographicfndingincatstifle.TheetiologyofIAMremainsunknown,althoughseveralstudieshaveshownacorrela-tionwithosteoarthritis(OA).Theaimsofthisstudywereto(a)investigatecorrela-ionsbetweenIAMandtheparametersage,sex,catsize,andsesamoidvolumes;(b)investigatepossiblecorrelationsbetweenIAMandOAcartilagelesions;(c)comparethesizeofIAMincomputedtomography(CT)imagesandradiographsofthesamestifle.Methods:Rightstifljointsfrom28cats(16MN,9FN,3F),age1-23years(mean9.9),weight2.1-7.3kg(mean3.9)thatdiedforreasonsunrelatedtothestudywereexaminedpostmortemwithCTandradiography,followedbymacroscopicandmicroscopicevaluationofjointtissues.Femurvolume,IAMvolume,andsesamoidmineralizedtissuevolumesweremeasuredinCTimages.Intra-articularmineralizationareawasmeasuredinmediolateralprojectionradiographsandcategorizedaccordingtoapublishedstudy.1Allmeasurementsweredonebyoneauthor(C.J.L.).ThearticularcartilagewasgradedforpresenceofOAlesionsbytwoauthors(C.L.,A.L.)usingconsensusandwithlightmicroscopyhistology.OsteoarthritisgradeswerecomparedwiththepresenceandvolumeofIAMinCTimages.Regressionanalysis,t-tests,andFisherexacttestswereusedandvaluesofP

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Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound
2016, volym: 57, nummer: 6, sidor: 658-658
Utgivare: Wiley

Konferens

2016 European Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging conference, Poland, September 2016

SLU författare

• Corin, Antonia

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Ley, Cecilia

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Leijon, Alexandra

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Ley, Charles

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Patobiologi
Klinisk vetenskap

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