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Incomplete ossification of the humeral condyle in two Labrador retrievers
Author(s) -
Robin D.,
MarcellinLittle D. J.
Publication year - 2001
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.1748-5827.2001.tb02026.x
Subject(s) - medicine , condyle , ossification , elbow , labrador retriever , anatomy , hip dysplasia , humerus , subchondral bone , pathology , radiography , surgery , articular cartilage , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine
Incomplete ossification of the humeral condyle (IOHC) was identified in two Labrador retrievers using computed tomography. Both dogs were non‐weightbearing on the affected forelimbs. The dogs were treated by means of a bone screw placed across the humeral condyle. IOHC was originally reported in spaniel and chondrodystrophic breeds. The pathogenesis of the condition remains unknown, but may be related to impaired antebrachial bone growth, similarly to the pathogeneses of elbow dysplasia and radius curvus.