Di Pietro Simona, Rapisarda Giuseppe Santi, Cicero Luca, Angileri Vito, Morabito Simona, Cassata Giovanni, Macrì Francesco
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Palatucci, 98168 Messina, Italy.
Department of Veterinary Prevention, Provincial Health Authority of Catania, 95030 Gravina di Catania, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2021 Mar 14;11(3):813. doi: 10.3390/ani11030813.
Four dogs were presented with thoracic limb deformity. After clinical and radiographic examinations, a diagnosis of congenital malformations was performed for each of them. In one case, a deformity involving both the radial and ulnar side of the distal limb was observed. Based on clinical and radiological evaluations, a diagnosis of postaxial terminal longitudinal ulnar hemimelia was performed. The term ectrodactyly was used to refer different malformations characterized by skin and soft tissue separation of the distal forelimb observed in two dogs. Simple complete uncomplicated syndactyly of the right forelimb, and complex incomplete uncomplicated syndactyly of the left forelimb were diagnosed in the fourth case. To the authors' knowledge, ectrodactyly and simple complete uncomplicated syndactyly are very uncommon anomalies in companion animals and have been rarely documented. Moreover, postaxial terminal longitudinal ulnar hemimelia has still not been reported in dogs.
四只犬出现胸肢畸形。经过临床和放射学检查后，对每只犬均诊断为先天性畸形。其中一例，观察到远端肢体桡侧和尺侧均有畸形。基于临床和放射学评估，诊断为轴后末端纵向尺骨半肢畸形。“缺指（趾）畸形”一词用于指两只犬出现的以远端前肢皮肤和软组织分离为特征的不同畸形。第四例诊断为右前肢单纯完全性无并发症并指畸形，左前肢复杂不完全性无并发症并指畸形。据作者所知，缺指（趾）畸形和单纯完全性无并发症并指畸形在伴侣动物中非常罕见，鲜有文献记载。此外，犬的轴后末端纵向尺骨半肢畸形尚未见报道。
