Sub‐acute and chronic MRI findings in bilateral canine fibrotic contracture of the infraspinatus muscle

A six‐year‐old, 30‐kg female German pointer dog was presented for examination with a history of pre‐existing right‐forelimb lameness and more recent (3 months) persistent lameness in the left‐forelimb. Physical examination revealed mild left‐forelimb lameness and a mild circumduction movement. There...

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Published inJournal of small animal practice Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. 428 - 431
Main Authors Orellana‐james, N. G., Ginja, M. M., Regueiro, M., Oliveira, P., Gama, A., Rodriguez‐Altonaga, J. A., gonzalo‐orden, J. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2013
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Subjects
Animals
Contracture - diagnosis
Contracture - pathology
Contracture - surgery
Contracture - veterinary
Dog Diseases - diagnosis
Dog Diseases - pathology
Dog Diseases - surgery
Dogs
Female
Fibrosis
Lameness, Animal - diagnosis
Lameness, Animal - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - veterinary
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Shoulder
Shoulder - pathology
Shoulder - surgery
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Summary:A six‐year‐old, 30‐kg female German pointer dog was presented for examination with a history of pre‐existing right‐forelimb lameness and more recent (3 months) persistent lameness in the left‐forelimb. Physical examination revealed mild left‐forelimb lameness and a mild circumduction movement. There were no signs of pain or crepitation detected during manipulation of the shoulders, but the animal was unable to fully flex both glenohumeral joints. Magnetic resonance imaging, using fast recovery fast spin echo T2‐weighted and fat saturated proton density sequences, revealed abnormal heterogeneous hypointensity in the right infraspinatus muscle and a heterogeneous hyperintense area in the left infraspinatus muscle. Surgical treatment consisting of a bilateral infraspinatus tenectomy resulted in improved limb function. Histopathological examination demonstrated tissue changes in the right infraspinatus, characterised by myofibre degeneration and fibrosis, compatible with a chronic degenerative process, while changes in the left infraspinatus muscle were characterised by variable degrees of fibre degeneration, haemorrhage and interstitial oedema.
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ISSN:0022-4510
1748-5827
DOI:10.1111/jsap.12080