Basal cell carcinoma in two Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni).

Neoplastic disorders are frequently encountered in the practice of reptile medicine. Herein we report the clinical behavior, antemortem diagnosis, and histopathologic characteristics of a recurrent intraoral keratinizing basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and a metastatic BCC of the carapace in 2 Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni). Although squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) in tortoises show similar predilection sites and gross pathologic features, the BCCs described in our report were characterized by a remarkably fast and highly infiltrative growth in comparison to SCCs.

Intervertebral disk disease in 3 striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis).

Objective: To describe diagnostic findings, surgical technique, and outcome in 3 striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) with a history of paraparesis.

Study Design: Case series.

Animals: Skunks (n = 3) with paraparesis.

Computed tomography of canine elbow joints affected by primary and concomitant flexor enthesopathy.

Flexor enthesopathy is an important differential diagnosis for elbow lameness in dogs. The disorder can be a primary cause of elbow lameness or concomitant with other elbow pathology. Since treatment differs for primary and concomitant forms of flexor enthesopathy, a noninvasive method for distinguishing between them is needed.

Computed tomography findings in 32 joints affected with severe elbow incongruity and fragmented medial coronoid process.

Objective: To describe the computed tomography (CT) findings in dogs with severe elbow incongruity combined with a fragmented medial coronoid process (FCP) and compare these with normal joints and congruent joints affected by FCP.

Study Design: Clinical study.

Animals: Client-owned dogs with elbow lameness (n = 40) and purpose bred dogs (n = 5; controls).

Micro-computed tomography of the head and dentition in cadavers of clinically normal rabbits.

Objective: To describe the anatomic features of dentition and surrounding structures of the head in rabbits assessed by use of a newly developed micro-computed tomography (CT) device.

Sample: Cadavers of 7 clinically normal adult Dendermonde White domestic rabbits raised for human consumption.

Procedures: The rabbits were slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, flayed, and decapitated; the rabbit heads were frozen for micro-CT examination.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the canine elbow: an anatomic study.

Objectives: To describe the normal anatomy of the soft tissues stabilizing the canine elbow observed by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Animals: Cadavers of large breed dogs (n=3).

Low-field magnetic resonance imaging and cross-sectional anatomy of the rabbit head.

The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed anatomical description of the soft-tissue structures of the head of normal rabbits using low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The cadaver heads of six domestic rabbits and one dwarf rabbit were used to perform transverse, sagittal and dorsal 2.5-mm-thick T1-weighted images.

Computed tomography and cross-sectional anatomy of the head in healthy rabbits.

Objective: To obtain a detailed anatomic description of the rabbit head by means of computed tomography (CT).

Animals: 6 clinically normal Dendermonde White rabbits weighing 3 kg and raised for human consumption and 1 Netherland dwarf rabbit.

Procedures: The commercially raised rabbits were slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, flayed, and decapitated.

Vertebral heart size ranges specific for whippets.

To assess the influence of breed, breeding lines, and training on heart size, the vertebral heart size (VHS) was evaluated on left-to-right lateral, right-to-left lateral, dorsoventral, and ventrodorsal thoracic radiographs from 44 whippets free from cardiac and pulmonary disease. In lateral views, the VHS was 11.0 +/- 0.