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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1994; 07(04): 177-179
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633093
Clinical Report
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Unusual Presentation of an Ununited Anconeal Process in a Six-Year-Old Great Dane

Deborah A. Sikkema
1   From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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J. K. Roush
1   From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Received for publication 12 December 1993

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08 February 2018 (online)

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An acute weight-bearing, right forelimb lameness developed in a six-year-old Great Dane without any prior history of lameness. Clinical and radiographic findings were consistent with right ununited anconeal process and degenerative joint disease within the elbow, however, radiographically the anconeal process was separated from the ulna and attached to the humerus. Removal of the anconeal process resulted in satisfactory right front limb use for a further 40 months following the operation.

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Ununited anconeal process
 

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