No abstract

A retrospective study of canine scapular fractures diagnosed and treated from 1988 through 1994 at four veterinary teaching hospitals was performed. Dogs (n = 105) with 109 scapular fractures were included. Most scapular fractures occurred in young (i.e., less than four years of age), male, medium- to large-breed (i.e., greater than 10 kg) dogs as the result of vehicular trauma. Concurrent injuries (primarily thoracic trauma) occurred in approximately 70% of cases. In-house follow-up evaluations were considered adequate in only 17% of the cases. A classification system that includes biomechanical principles for categorization is described to avoid discrepancies between various traditional classification systems.

We present a case of a 64-year old female with bilateral knee pain several months after undergoing staged bilateral TKA. Radiolucencies surrounding the keels of bilateral tibial components were found to represent metastatic poorly differentiated endometrial carcinoma. PET scan showed adrenal, pulmonary and tibial foci consistent with metastatic disease. No other cases of bilateral periprosthetic metastasis of endometrial carcinoma have been described in the literature. Metastases around orthopedic implants are a rare occurrence. The possibility of periprosthetic metastasis should remain in the differential diagnosis for any patient with a painful total joint arthroplasty, especially in the setting of a patient with a known diagnosis of cancer elsewhere in their body.