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- Title
Calcinosis Circumscripta in the Digital Extensor Tendon of a Tawny Eagle ( Aquila rapax).
- Authors
Sabater, Mikel; Carrasco, Daniel Calvo; Huynh, Minh; Homer-Forbes, Neil A.; Stidworthy, Mark F.
- Abstract
A 9-month-old, captive-bred, female tawny eagle ( Aquila rapax) presented with a nonpainful, firm, nodular structure attached to the digital extensor tendon. The mass was surgically resected without complications and was submitted for histopathologic examination. Grossly, cut surfaces of the lesion had chalky-white deposits. Histologically, the resected tissue was identified as calcinosis circumscripta. No recurrence was observed in follow-up after 6 and 12 months. To our knowledge, this is the first case of calcinosis circumscripta in a bird involving a limb extremity, similar to the presentation recognized more commonly in domestic animals. Calcinosis circumscripta should be included in the differential diagnosis list for nodular masses attached to the tendons in birds.
- Subjects
TAWNY eagle; AQUILA (Genus); CALCINOSIS; AVIAN medicine; HISTOPATHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Avian Medicine & Surgery, 2016, Vol 30, Issue 4, p374
- ISSN
1082-6742
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1647/2015-136