Acta Vet. Brno 2010, 79: 475-480

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201079030475

Occurrence of Radiologically Detectable “Kissing” Lesion in Dog Elbows in Dependence on the Type of Fragmentation of the Processus Coronoideus Medialis and on Sex

Pavel Proks1, Ladislav Stehlík1, Katarina Irová1, Robert Srnec2, Petr Raušer2, Milan Dvořák2, Alois Nečas2

1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Small Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic
2Department of Surgery and Orthopaedics, Small Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of the study was to find the frequency of radiologically detectable “kissing” lesion in individual variants of fragmented processus coronoideus medialis (FCP) and its occurrence in relation to sex. The radiographs of elbow joints (n = 135) of dogs (n = 77) in which a fragmented processus coronoideus medialis ulnae was detected arthroscopically (n = 109) or arthrotomically (n = 26) were evaluated. Significantly higher occurrence of radiologically detectable “kissing” lesion was found in elbows with non-dislocated and dislocated fragment (p < 0.01). Significantly lower occurrence of radiologically detectable “kissing” lesion was found in elbows with chondromalacia of processus coronoideus medialis (PCM) (p < 0.01). We found no significant difference (p > 0.05) between the occurrence of a “kissing” lesion in males and females with FCP. The occurrence of the “kissing” lesion extending to the subchondral bone was not affected by sex. The results of our study suggest the possibility of identifying elbow joints with completely fragmented FCP on the basis of occurrence of a radiologically detectable “kissing” lesion.

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