title: Computed tomography findings in 32 joints affected with severe elbow incongruity and fragmented medial coronoid process.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the computed tomography (CT) findings in dogs with severe elbow incongruity combined with a fragmented medial coronoid process (FCP) and compare these with normal joints and congruent joints affected by FCP.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Client-owned dogs with elbow lameness (n = 40) and purpose bred dogs (n = 5; controls).
  
  
  METHODS
  The CT features of 32 severely incongruent joints with concomitant FCP were compared with those of 32 congruent elbow joints affected with FCP and 10 normal joints.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In severely incongruent elbow joints, a radioulnar step and widened joint spaces were visible on each CT plane. Additional features typically seen in severely incongruent elbows were a cyst at the radioulnar transition and fragmentation of the axial border of the medial coronoid incisure. None of these features appeared in normal or in congruent FCP joints.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On CT, several features associated with severe elbow incongruity and concomitant FCP were detected, which were not found in normal joints or congruent joints affected by FCP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium. yves.samoy@UGent.be
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Samoy
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gielen
authors.forename: Annemie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Caelenberg
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Bree
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duchateau
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Ryssen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005552:Forelimb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology