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Burns RE, Bicknese EJ, Westropp JL, Shiraki R, Stalis IH. Tumoral Calcinosis Form of Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease in Related Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtles, Emydura subglobosa. Vet Pathol 2013; 50:443-50. [DOI: 10.1177/0300985813480511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Ten of 12 red-bellied short-necked turtles from a single clutch presented at 9 months of age with multiple white to tan nodules on their feet. Histologically, the nodules were composed of large periarticular deposits of mineralized crystalline material that extended into the joint spaces of interphalangeal joints and was surrounded by granulomatous inflammation and fibrosis. Crystallographic analysis determined the material to be apatite (calcium phosphate hydroxide) consistent with the tumoral calcinosis form of hydroxyapatite deposition disease (HADD). HADD has previously been described in aquatic turtles and rarely lizards and must be differentiated from gout in reptiles. A cause for the tumoral calcinosis lesions in these turtles could not be determined; however, based on previous reports in this species, a species-specific predilection, in conjunction with unknown environmental factors, is suspected. The use of the terms HADD, pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease), and calcinosis circumscripta has been inconsistent, creating confusion in the literature.
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Affiliation(s)
- R. E. Burns
- Wildlife Disease Laboratories, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Gerald V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Wildlife Disease Laboratories, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego, CA, USA
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Hadfield CA, Canapp SO, Clayton LA, Fishman EK, Zink MC. Fluoroscopic-guided Shoulder Arthroscopy in a Yellow-headed Snapping Turtle (Elseya irwini) with Focal Degenerative Joint Disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.5818/1529-9651-21.2.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Veterinary Orthopedics Sports Medicine, 10975 Guilford Road, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701, USA
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- National Aquarium, 501 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, 733 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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