Here is the first case for 2017. It is an 8-year-old male neutered Border Collie with azotemia identified on bloodwork. More lameness on left pelvic limb in the last 3 weeks, stiff and rigid on physical exam. What are your findings?
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Here is the first case for 2017. It is an 8-year-old male neutered Border Collie with azotemia identified on bloodwork. More lameness on left pelvic limb in the last 3 weeks, stiff and rigid on physical exam. What are your findings?
On lateral images of the spine, there are multiple areas of lysis of vertebral endplates centered on intervertebral disc spaces (C3-4, T4-11, L3-4, L6-S1). The vertebral endplates have varying degrees of sclerosis surrounding the lysis, and many have extensive spondylosis deformans. Other vertebral segments have smooth and remodeled spondylosis deformans.
The ultrasonographic image of the caudal abdominal aorta shows a hyperechoic intraluminal thrombus with peripheral arterial flow on color Doppler. The left kidney has poor corticomedullary distinction and is hyperechoic at the caudal pole.
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