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Figure 4.1.5 Sternal Osteomyelitis (Canine) CT
18mo MC Doberman Pinscher. Images a and
b represent consecutive transverse images of
the cranial thorax ordered from cranial to cau-
dal. Unorganized bone destruction involving
the second sternabral segment (a–d: arrow-
head) is evident. A pathologic fracture is also
present (c: arrowhead). A moderate volume
of pleural fluid has collected bilaterally in
the dependent pleural space (a,b: asterisks).
Bone biopsy confirmed chronic neutrophilic
osteomyelitis, and cytology of the pleural fluid
revealed suppurative inflammation.

(a) CT, TP (b) CT, TP

(c) CT, 3D, LLAT (d) CT, 3D, VENT

Figure 4.1.6 Thoracic Wall Lipoma (Canine) CT

(a) CT, DP (b) CT, TP (c) GP

9y MC Coonhound with a left thoracic wall and axillary mass. A large, fat‐attenuating mass is present in the left lateral body wall and
axilla (a,b: asterisk). The mass is bounded by the latissimus dorsi muscle laterally (a,b: arrowhead) and appears homogeneous and
encapsulated. The mass was removed en bloc (c), and biopsy confirmed it to be a lipoma.

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