Today’s case is an 8 year old St. Bernard with non weight-bearing lameness and firm swelling on the distal tibia of the right hind limb.
8 year old St. Bernard with non weight-bearing lameness
Teaching and learning about veterinary diagnostic imaging.
I thought there might have been some lysis in the femoral metaphysis as well?
The whole limb is affected by disuse osteopenia, making the cortices thin and causing the relative lucency of the metaphysis on the lateral projection.