The case for today is a 9-year-old male neutered Labrador Retriever with anorexia and vomiting. Take a look and see what you think!
Case originally posted on September 27, 2007
9 year old Labrador Retriever
Teaching and learning about veterinary diagnostic imaging.
Possible lytic lesion at the C6 vertebral body as well?
Hi Adam,
Good eye! I actually see this from time to time, and I think it’s an artifact of how the transverse process of C6 overlaps the vertebral body. It’s very round and smooth, unlike the humeral lesion.
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Hello Allison,
First, thank you for so many intersting cases…
Now, was the humerus painful? Was there any other similar lesions on radius, ulna…? Thinking of hypertrophic osteopathy.
Hello Emily,
Hypertrophic osteopathy is a good thought given the thoracic mass. That was the only bone lesion found in this dog. Also, the character of the periosteal reaction is more aggressive than we normally see with HO and there is some lysis present as well. This makes it more likely to be a bone lesion rather than HO.