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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1999; 12(02): 70-73
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632465
Clinical Communication
Schattauer GmbH

Secondary Ossification Centre at the Acetabular Dorsal Rim in a Dog

Radiographic and MRI Observations
S. Mahler
1   From Département de Morphologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, École Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, Nantes, France
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T. Havet
2   Centre IRM Hôpital G. et R. Laënnec, Nantes, France
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Received 25 August 1997

Accepted 14 March 1998

Publication Date:
08 February 2018 (online)

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The mineralisation of a secondary ossification centre, in the formation of the canine acetabulum, is discussed. Its role in the subluxation of the femoral head in hip dysplasia is put up for conjecture.

Keywords

Acetabulum - ossification - hip dysplasia
 

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