ABSTRACT
A 4-year-old French bulldog was presented with neck pain and left forelimb lameness. CT scan revealed a bony defect in the craniodorsal rim of the endplate of C5 with a concomitant disc protrusion leading to ventral spinal cord compression. Ventral slot at C4-C5 was performed to remove the protruding material and the fragment. Based on CT and histological findings, this bone defect was consistent with osteochondritis dissecans. Neck pain was absent immediately after the operation and the dog recovered without complication. Only a slight proprioceptive deficit of the left forelimb persisted during the 6-month of follow-up. Based on our search of the veterinary literature, this is the first published report of an osteochondritis dissecans of cervical endplate treated surgically.
Subject(s)
Dog Diseases , Intervertebral Disc Displacement , Osteochondritis Dissecans , Dogs , Animals , Intervertebral Disc Displacement/diagnostic imaging , Intervertebral Disc Displacement/surgery , Intervertebral Disc Displacement/veterinary , Neck Pain/veterinary , Osteochondritis Dissecans/diagnostic imaging , Osteochondritis Dissecans/surgery , Osteochondritis Dissecans/veterinary , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/veterinary , Cervical Vertebrae/diagnostic imaging , Cervical Vertebrae/surgery , Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Dog Diseases/surgeryABSTRACT
Acute traumatic fracture of the medial coronoid process is rarely reported and has previously only been described in three dogs to date. A three-year-old Schapendoes was presented for an acute non weight-bearing lameness. The definitive diagnosis of a medial coronoid process fracture was delicate and based on the disto-medial proximo-lateral oblique radiographic view (Di35M-PrLO). The surgical removal of the fragment was performed using a medial arthroscopic approach. The outcome was rapidly favourable. Lameness disappeared and the follow-up radiographs three months later revealed minimal reactions of osteoarthrosis.