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## Objectives To evaluate the clinical characteristics, treatment, outcome and potential association between non‐infectious inflammatory myopathy and malignancy in boxer dogs. ## Materials and Methods Boxer dogs histologically diagnosed with non‐infectious inflammatory myopathy at the Comparative Neuromuscular Laboratory, University of California San Diego from 2010 to 2018 and with complete medical records were included in this retrospective study. Signalment, history, clinical signs, clinicopathologic findings, treatment and outcome were documented. ## Results Twenty‐eight boxer dogs with non‐infectious inflammatory myopathy, aged 1 to 11 years, were included. Eighteen were male (16 neutered; two entire) and 10 were female (seven spayed; three entire). Clinical signs included generalised weakness (n=17), dysphagia (n=11) and weight loss (n=10). Serum creatine kinase activity was elevated in all 20 cases tested (range 908 to 138,000 IU/L). One dog had undifferentiated round cell neoplastic infiltration within the muscle at the time of inflammatory myopathy diagnosis. Five dogs historically had mast cell tumours and 21 dogs were not diagnosed with neoplasia prior, at the time of or

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Author

H. P. Hong; S. A. Thomovsky; M. J. Lewis; R. T. Bentley; G. D. Shelton

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Veterinary (Health Sciences)