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Small Animal Radiology and Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Atlas and Text

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Chapter Four The Appendicular Skeleton 569<br />

A<br />

B<br />

Fig. 4-120 An 8-month-old male Saint Bernard with intermittent<br />

left rear leg lameness. Lateral (A), flexed lateral (B), <strong>and</strong> anteroposterior<br />

(C) radiographs of the right tarsus were obtained. There is a<br />

slight amount of swelling around the hock. The medial aspect of the<br />

tibiotarsal articulation is widened <strong>and</strong> a small bone density is noted<br />

within that joint space (open arrow). The medial trochlea of the talus<br />

appears small <strong>and</strong> the proximal aspect is flattened. Although this is<br />

evident on both the lateral <strong>and</strong> flexed lateral views (arrows), flexion<br />

of the leg demonstrates the lesion more clearly. <strong>Small</strong> calcified fragments<br />

can be seen caudal to the trochlea of the talus in the flexed lateral<br />

view. Diagnosis: Osteochondritis dissecans of the hock.<br />

C

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