Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Limping Labrador with knee cyst and ligament tear treated successfully
By Franklin, A D et al.·Published in Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T·2011·Veterinary Specialist Centre, Australia·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Stifle synovial cyst in a Labrador Retriever with concurrent cranial cruciate ligament deficiency.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old Labrador Retriever was brought in for chronic limping on the left back leg. The vet found that the dog had a partial tear of the left cranial cruciate ligament, along with a synovial cyst (a fluid-filled sac) near the knee joint. To treat this, the vet surgically removed the cyst and performed a procedure to stabilize the ligament. The surgery was successful, and the dog was able to recover well.
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Abstract
A seven-year-old Labrador Retriever dog was presented with the complaint of chronic left hindlimb lameness. A diagnosis of partial rupture of the left cranial cruciate ligament with concurrent cranio-medial synovial cyst formation was made. This cystic structure was assumed to be communicating with the stifle joint. There was no evidence of a meniscal tear, but superficial fibrillation of the axial border was present. Surgical excision of the cyst with concurrent treatment of the cranial cruciate ligament deficiency by tibial tuberosity advancement was performed with a successful outcome. Whilst commonly encountered in humans, synovial cysts are uncommon in dogs. To the authors' knowledge this is the first reported case of synovial cyst formation in the stifle of a dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21243179/