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Calcaneal tendon avulsion?

This is posted for a colleague. I scanned the dog for her.
16 month old female labradoodle who came into the ER for acute right hind limb lameness.
Swelling is palpable over the distal calcaneal tendon, however, there is not notable laxity in the joint.
We are trying to determine if this is likely a surgical fix, specificially whether it appears avulsed. I don’t know how much you can tell with ultrasound….

Thoughts appreciated.

This is posted for a colleague. I scanned the dog for her.
16 month old female labradoodle who came into the ER for acute right hind limb lameness.
Swelling is palpable over the distal calcaneal tendon, however, there is not notable laxity in the joint.
We are trying to determine if this is likely a surgical fix, specificially whether it appears avulsed. I don’t know how much you can tell with ultrasound….

Thoughts appreciated.

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February 17, 2014 at 7:42 am -

Hi Liz there is a lot of

Hi Liz there is a lot of fuzzy soft tissue inflammation and fluid pockets but there is still attachment. You can see to the left at 1 cm depth there is attachment to the bone but some frayed irregular soft titssue/tendon so a partial avulsion would be my suspicion… from these images I am thinking a 30% avulsion? I would tx stabilization and m,edical at this point and reevaluate in a week sonographically and the ill-defined aspects of this presentation should become more curvilinear and organized with healing.