Premium
Medial epicondylar spur associated with lameness in dogs
Author(s) -
MAY C.,
BENNETT D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1988.tb01906.x
Subject(s) - lameness , medicine , exostosis , humerus , anatomy , osteochondroma , enthesopathy , etiology , epicondyle , surgery , pathology , arthritis
In four dogs with forelimb lameness a bony exostosis had developed near the caudal edge of the superficial digital flexor muscle on the medial epicondyle of the humerus. The aetiology possibly involves a traumatic enthesopathy. Surgical resection of the exostoses resolved the lameness.