Development of bone tumors Nursing Pads as a result of chronic osteomyelitis represents a relatively rare and late complication in humans and animals.We described a malignant transformation (chondroblastic osteosarcoma) in a 7-year-old German shepherd with a history of polyostotic osteomyelitis caused by Serratia liquefaciens when the dog was 15 months old.The tumor developed in the right humeral diaphysis, one of the sites of polyostotic osteomyelitis.
To the T Shirt best of our knowledge this is the first report of polyostotic osteomyelitis caused by Serratia liquefaciens in dogs.