[en] A seven-year-old, female Labrador retriever was presented with chronic and intermittent left hindlimb lameness, deteriorating over the previous three weeks. Radiographs showed an avoid mass with a fat opacity, at the craniomedial aspect of the left distal femur, with craniomedial displacement of the patella and marked degenerative joint disease. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed an ovoid, well-defined, mildly heterogeneous, non-enhancing, septated fat attenuating mass (-70HU). On ultrasound (US), the mass had smooth regular margins and was slightly hyperechoic to adjacent muscles with a mildly heterogeneous aspect. Cytology revealed well-differentiated adipocytes. The findings were consistent with intra-articular lipomatous lesion, most likely a true intra-articular lipoma.
Research Center/Unit :
FARAH. Médecine vétérinaire comparée - ULiège
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Vincken, Gaëlle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'Enseignement et de Clinique des animaux de Compagnie (DCC) > Imagerie médicale des animaux de compagnie
Bergamino, C.; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Teaching and Clinical Department of Companion Animal, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Liège, Belgium ; VET-CT Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Barthelemy, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Chirurgie et clinique chirurgicale des petits animaux ; Langford Vets Small Animal Referral Hospital, Langford House, Bristol, United Kingdom
Ramery, Eve ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'Enseignement et de Clinique des animaux de Compagnie (DCC) > Biologie clinique ; Académie de Lyon, France
Bolen, Géraldine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH) > FARAH: Médecine vétérinaire comparée
Language :
English
Title :
Intra-articular lipomatous lesion in the stifle in a dog
Alternative titles :
[nl] Intra-articulair lipomateus letsel in het kniegewricht bij een hond
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