Small Animal Radiology and Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Atlas and Text

Chapter Four The Appendicular Skeleton 515
Fig. 4-50 A 6-year-old male
Wirehaired Fox Terrier with a firm
swelling over the left scapula. There
was no pain or lameness. There is
soft-tissue swelling medial, proximal,
and cranial to the left scapula.
There is bony destruction involving
the cranial medial aspect of the
scapula with irregular bony densities
within the area of bony destruction.
There is no evidence of bony proliferation.
Diagnosis: Chondrosarcoma.
Fig. 4-51 A 12-year-old male Labrador Retriever with left hind limb
lameness for 6 weeks. There was a mild degree of swelling in the area of the
proximal tibia, which was painful. The lateral radiograph reveals a lytic
lesion of the proximal tibia. The margins of the lesion are not clearly demarcated.
No periosteal reaction is noted. The cortex has been breached and mild
soft-tissue swelling is present. Diagnosis: Fibrosarcoma.