Abstract
A 13 mo old spayed female golden retriever/standard poodle mixed-breed dog was presented for intermittent right forelimb lameness. Physical examination revealed marked effusion and decreased flexion in the right elbow joint, radiography showed mild osteophytosis of the right elbow joint, and computed tomography showed a focal defect in the subchondral bone in the trochlear notch of the ulna resembling a subchondral bone cyst. Arthroscopy of the affected elbow revealed a focal defect in the articular cartilage on the trochlear notch with vascular ingrowth covering a defect in the subchondral bone plate. The synovium surrounding the defect was inflamed. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first published report of a subchondral bone cyst in the ulna of a dog.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 20-24 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 by American Animal Hospital Association.
Keywords
- CT, computed tomography
- FMCP, fragmentation of the medial coronoid process
- OCD, osteochondritis dissecans