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New Zealand Veterinary Journal Volume 59, 2011 - Issue 5
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Clinical Communications

Probable avulsion of the infraspinatus tendon of insertion in a Rottweiler

DJ Thompson Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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BJ Leitch Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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AC Hartman Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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LA Breshears Animal Emergency and Specialty Centre, 17701 Cottonwood Drive, Parker, CO, 80134, USA
Pages 253-257 | Received 10 Jan 2011, Accepted 16 May 2011, Published online: 19 Aug 2011
 
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Abstract

CASE HISTORY: An 8.5-month-old male Rottweiler was presented with chronic, non-localisable, right forelimb lameness.

CLINICAL FINDINGS: Survey radiographs revealed panosteitis in the right antebrachium and an irregularly marginated radiolucency on the lateral aspect of the proximal left humerus. The tendon of insertion of the left infraspinatus muscle was enlarged, some tendon fibres ended prematurely in a cluster of mineralised particles, and there was a large bony defect at the point of insertion.

DIAGNOSIS: Probable avulsion of the left infraspinatus tendon.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This case was particularly unusual due to the marked prominence of the lesion without lameness of the left forelimb. Avulsion of the infraspinatus tendon is poorly described in the veterinary and medical literature.

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