Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Biceps tendon changes in normal dogs and dogs with tendon inflammation
By Davidson, E B et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2000·Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Histopathological, radiographic, and arthrographic comparison of the biceps tendon in normal dogs and dogs with biceps tenosynovitis.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A group of dogs with biceps tenosynovitis, which causes pain and limping in the front legs, underwent surgery to treat their condition. During the surgery, the most common findings included tissue damage and inflammation in the tendon. The severity of these changes was linked to how much the dogs were limping, but not how long they had been limping. Interestingly, some of the same tissue changes were also found in normal dogs, suggesting that certain findings can occur even in healthy tendons. After treatment, the affected dogs showed improvement in their symptoms.
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Abstract
In dogs surgically treated for biceps tenosynovitis, the most common histopathological findings were fibrosis and collagen degeneration (n=13), synovial villous or vascular hyperplasia (n=10), lymphocytic-plasmacytic infiltrates (n=10), cartilaginous metaplasia (n=8), and ischemic necrosis (n=5). Degree of histopathological changes was associated with degree (p equals 0.000), but not duration (p equals 0.543), of lameness. Furthermore, there was no association between histopathological changes and age or radiographic and arthrographic findings. Cartilage metaplasia was the only histopathological finding in both affected tendons (8/18) and normal control dogs (13/13). Age and size of the control dogs were not determined; however, since all these dogs were clinically normal, fibrocartilaginous metaplasia can be present as an incidental finding in the biceps tendon of origin in dogs.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11105890/