Patients diagnosed with HD, ED and / or CCL presented with clinical signs such as difficulty moving, standing up, lameness, and / or joint pain; diagnoses were confirmed
with radiographic evidence, orthopedic physical examination and / or surgical confirmation.
When bone lysis was present, malignant tumors were diagnosed in 83 % of patients however 17 % of patients
with radiographic evidence of bone lysis were diagnosed with a benign process.
Not exact matches
All had been treated previously
with at least one type of androgen deprivation therapy and had rising levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), a blood marker for prostate cancer, and
radiographic evidence their cancers were becoming resistant.
The results should encourage individuals
with degenerative meniscal tear without
radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis to think about monitored exercise therapy as a treatment alternative.
The EPIC (Evaluation of Pimobendan In dogs
with Cardiomegaly) Study1 analysed whether long - term administration of pimobendan to dogs
with stage B2 myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) and echocardiographic and
radiographic evidence of cardiac enlargement will delay onset of clinical signs of congestive heart failure (CHF), cardiac - related death, or euthanasia (composite primary endpoint).
Surgery will not prevent arthritis: Hurley CR, Hammer DL, and Shott S. Progression of
radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis following tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs
with cranial cruciate ligament rupture: 295 cases (2001 - 2005).
Supportive therapy
with small, gradually decreasing doses of prednisone (a cortisone - like drug) is recommended for cats
with radiographic or clinical
evidence of lung disease.
A diagnosis of HOD is founded on
radiographic evidence of bone involvement concurrent
with hyperthermia and pain, and by ruling out infectious causes of the clinical signs.
Radiographic evidence of emphysematous cystitis (rare) due to infections
with glucose - fermenting organisms such as Proteus sp, Aerobacter aerogenes, and Escherichia coli, which results in gas formation in the wall and lumen of the bladder, is suggestive of diabetes mellitus.
On the other hand, some younger dogs
with radiographic (X-ray)
evidence of CHD maintain normal mobility and show signs of CHD only as they grow older and develop arthritis.