Korean Journal of Veterinary Service (한국동물위생학회지)

The Korean Society of Veterinary Service (한국동물위생학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Radiological assessment of pectus excavatum in a Pekingese dog

  • Cho, Sung-Jin (Family Animal Clinic) ;
  • Hong, Sun-Hwa (Center for Animal Resource Development, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Chung, Yung-Ho (Department of Companion Animal and Animal Resources Science, Joongbu University) ;
  • Kim, Ok-Jin (Center for Animal Resource Development, Wonkwang University)
  • Received : 2012.04.02
  • Accepted : 2012.08.29
  • Published : 2012.09.30
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Pectus excavatum (PE) is a ventral chest wall deformity, also known as funnel chest, sunken chest, chondrosternal depression or koilosternia. The 4 months old, 1.3 kg intact-female Pekingese dog was evaluated for acute semicoma and convulsion. The client reported that this patient have had chronic loss of appetite, intermittent dyspnea and palpable sunken breast. The other littermates did not show any abnormalities. On physical examination, cachexia (BCS 1/5), concave sternum, flatten thoracic cavity and cardiac murmur were observed. On radiographic study, the caudal sternum cave to vertebrae and narrowing thoracic cavity. The severities of thoracic deformity were evaluated by deformation indices such as-Frontosagittal index (FSI) and vertebral index (VI). Moderate to severe PE was founded by the radiological measurements.

Keywords

References

  1. Boudrieau RJ, Fossum TW, Rudy RL, Hartsfield SM, Hobson HP. 1990. Pectus excavatum in dogs and cats. Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet 12: 341-354.
  2. Creswick HA, Stacey MW, Kelly RE. 2006. Family study of the inheritance of pectus excavatum. J Pediatr Surg 41: 1699-1703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.071
  3. Crigel MH, Moissonnier P. 2005. Pectus excavatum surgically repaired using sternum realignment and splint techniques in a young cat. J Small Anim Pract 46: 352-356. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5827.2005.tb00332.x
  4. Crump HW. 1992. Pectus excavatum. Am Fam Physician 46: 173-179.
  5. Ellison G, Halling KB. 2004. Atypical pectus excavatum in two Welsh terrier littermates. J Small Anim Pract 45: 311-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5827.2004.tb00242.x
  6. Fonkalsrud EW. 2003. Current management of pectus excavatum. World J Surg 27: 502-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-003-7025-5
  7. Fossum TW. 2002. Pectus excavatum. pp. 780-784. In: Fossum TW(ed.). Small animal surgery. 2nd ed. Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri.
  8. Fossum TW. 2007. Pectus excavatum. pp. 889-894. In: Fossum TW(ed.). Small animal surgery. 3rd ed. Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri.
  9. Fossum TW, Boudrieau RJ, Hobson HP. 1989a. Pectus excavatum in eight dogs and six cats. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 25: 595-605.
  10. Fossum TW, Boudrieau RJ, Hobson HP, Rudy RL. 1989b. Surgical correction of pectus excavatum, using external splintage in two dogs and a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc 195: 91-97.
  11. Green HH, Lindo DE. 1968. Pectus excavatum (funnel chest) in a feline. Can Vet J 9: 279-281.
  12. McAnulty JF, Harvey CE. 1989. Repair of pectus excavatum by percutaneous suturing and temporary external coaptation in a kitten. J Am Vet Med Assoc 194: 1065-1067.
  13. Pearson JL. 1973. Pectus excavatum in the dog. Vet Med Small Anim Clin 68: 125-128.
  14. Risselada M, de Rooster H, Liuti T, Polis I, van Bree H. 2006. Use of internal splinting to realign a noncompliant sternum in a cat with pectus excavatum. J Am Vet Med Assoc 228: 1047-1052. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.228.7.1047
  15. Shires PK, Waldron DR, Payne J. 1988. Pectus excavatum in three kittens. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 24: 203-208.
  16. Smallwood JE, Beaver BV. 1977. Congenital chondrosternal depression (pectus excavatum) in the cat. J Am Vet Radiol Soc 18: 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8261.1977.tb01340.x
  17. Soderstrom MJ, Gilson SD, Gulbas N. 1995. Fatal reexpansion pulmonary edema in a kitten following surgical correction of pectus excavatum. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 31: 133-136. https://doi.org/10.5326/15473317-31-2-133
  18. Sturgess CP, Waters L, Gruffydd-Jones TJ, Nott HMR, Earle KE. 1997. Investigation of the association between whole blood and tissue taurine levels and the development of thoracic deformities in neonatal Burmese kittens. Vet Rec 141: 566-570. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.141.22.566
  19. Tilley LP. 1992. Third degree AV Block. pp. 175-178. In: Tilley LP(ed.). Essentials of canine and feline electrocardiography. Interpretation and treatment. 3rd ed. Lea & Febiger, Malvern, Philadelphia.
  20. Williams AM, Crabbe DCG. 2003. Pectus deformities of the anterior chest wall. Paediatr Respir Rev 4: 237-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1526-0542(03)00053-8

Cited by

  1. Correlation between clinical severity and type and degree of pectus excavatum in twelve brachycephalic dogs vol.80, pp.5, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0518
  2. Influence of phase of respiration on thoracic conformation at multiple vertebral levels in German shepherd dog vol.94, pp.4, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-019-00485-3