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CC BY 4.0 · VCOT Open 2018; 01(01): e8-e11
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1672116
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Patellar Maltracking as a Cause of Lameness in Two Dachshunds

David Rhys Treharne
1   Wear Referrals, Bradbury, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
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Neil James Burton
1   Wear Referrals, Bradbury, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
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17 July 2018

09 August 2018

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09 October 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Two Dachshunds were presented for the complaint of intermittent unilateral pelvic limb skipping lameness. Clinical examination and radiographs did not reveal any abnormalities. Computed tomography (CT) imaging showed changes in the femoropatellar joint space in both dogs and surgical evaluation revealed femoral trochlear and patellar cartilage loss. Patellar maltracking without patellar luxation or instability was diagnosed. Patellar maltracking should be included as a differential diagnosis for pelvic limb lameness in this breed.

Keywords

patellar maltracking - dachshund - chondromalacia patellae

Author Contribution

Neil James Burton contributed the case material for this paper. Both authors contributed to the drafting and revision of the manuscript. Both authors approved the submitted manuscript.


 

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