Clinical report of congenital terminal hemimielia in pelvic limbs and bilateral agenesis of the toes in a kitten

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

H. Mohyeddin ¹ , HR. Fattahian ²

1 - Departement of clinical science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
2 - Department of clinical sience, faculty of Specialized Veterinary Since, Sience and research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2015-09-23 Accepted : 2016-08-25 Published : 2017-02-19

Keywords: Kitten, tibial hemimielia, agenesis of toe,

Abstract :

Hemimielia is a congenital complete or partial absence of one or more bones. All appendicular bones can be affected and many variations have been showed. There is maximum incidence in radial, tibial and ulnar hemimielia. A 4- months- old domestic short hair (DSH) kitten with deformed, non weight bearing painful left pelvic limb without any history of trauma.  Clinical signs showed hind limb anomaly. Hence, radiographic survey was carried out in lateral and craniocaudal recumbency. Amputation was selected as a treatment of choice because of severity of deformation and pain. In the present clinical report we found terminal hemimielia in left limb and agenesis of metatarsus and phalanges in both pelvic limbs.