| Title: |
Humeral Head‐Split Fracture in Two Dogs |
| Authors: |
Isaac, Ingrid; Faux, Ian; Clements, Dylan Neil; Mai, Wilfried; Kapatkin, Amy; Schwarz, Tobias |
| Source: |
Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, vol 66, iss 1 |
| Publisher Information: |
eScholarship, University of California |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
University of California: eScholarship |
| Subject Terms: |
3009 Veterinary Sciences (for-2020); 30 Agricultural; Veterinary and Food Sciences (for-2020); Animals (mesh); Dogs (mesh); Female (mesh); Lameness; Animal (mesh); Humeral Head (mesh); Radiography (mesh); Dog Diseases (mesh); Humeral Fractures (mesh); Forelimb (mesh); canine; CT; head-split fracture; glenohumeral joint; proximal humerus fracture; radiograph; Salter-Harris; shoulder; Salter‐Harris; head‐split fracture; 0707 Veterinary Sciences (for) |
| Description: |
Two skeletally immature female dogs were each investigated for chronic weight-bearing thoracic limb lameness. The first patient was lame for 2 months following a tumble whilst playing, and the second patient had been intermittently lame since 3 weeks of age. In both cases, radiographic examination of the shoulder revealed fissuring of the caudal humeral head consistent with an incomplete proximal humeral Salter-Harris type IV fracture with an Enoki-mushroom-like appearance of the caudal fragment, where two heads rise from a common stem. There was secondary neoarthrosis of the caudal humeral head fragment with the glenoid rim of the scapula. Humeral head-split fracture is an unusual fracture pattern that rarely occurs in skeletally immature patients, and conservative management appears to result in reasonable short-term outcomes. The role of early detection and surgical intervention remains unknown. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
qt8rb723mv; https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rb723mv; https://escholarship.org/content/qt8rb723mv/qt8rb723mv.pdf |
| DOI: |
10.1111/vru.70001 |
| Availability: |
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rb723mv; https://escholarship.org/content/qt8rb723mv/qt8rb723mv.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/vru.70001 |
| Rights: |
CC-BY |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.4C2E8FEE |
| Database: |
BASE |