Ganglion Cysts Arising from a Canine Stifle Joint

Daiki MURATA; Takeshi SOGAWA; Satoshi TOKUNAGA; Tomoko IWANAGA; Hiroaki KAWAGUCHI; Noriaki MIYOSHI; Yasuyuki MOMOI; Makoto FUJIKI; Naoki MIURA

doi:10.1292/jvms.13-0280

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Ganglion Cysts Arising from a Canine Stifle Joint

Daiki MURATA, Takeshi SOGAWA, Satoshi TOKUNAGA, Tomoko IWANAGA, Hiroaki KAWAGUCHI, Noriaki MIYOSHI, Yasuyuki MOMOI, Makoto FUJIKI, Naoki MIURA

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Keywords: canine, ganglion cysts, magnetic resonance imaging, stifle joint

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Article ID: 13-0280

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.13-0280

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 76 (2014), No. 3 pp. 457-459

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Abstract

A 10-year-old, neutered male Labrador retriever presented with progressive left hind lameness. Ultrasonography revealed large, subcutaneous, ovoid cysts around the stifle joint. Radiographic and computed tomographic images revealed periosteal reaction of the distal femur. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed a large cyst that was hypointense in T1-weighted images, hyperintense in T2-weighted images and had a thin lining that was enhanced by intravenous gadonium injection. The cyst communicated with the joint cavity and other small cysts around the joint. Histopathology of an excisional biopsy specimen led to diagnosis of ganglion cyst. This report provides MR images of a ganglion cyst in a canine stifle.

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