IMAGES IN MEDICINE

UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE OF AN INTRATARSAL DUCK

TOBIAS SCHWARZ, MA, DR. MED. VET, ALISON DICKIE, BVMS, MARTIN SULLIVAN, BVMS, PHD Veterinary Radiology 6i Ultrasound, 41:293, 2000

A worrying number of unexpected species have been lo- cated sonographically within the canine body, mainly fish in the abdominal cavity.',' Internal skeletal species appear to be underrepresented to date. Computed tomography offers a precise and fast way to overcome this deficit. During a routine investigation of a canine hock, we found a duck sitting in the talocalcaneal joint space, filling the tarsal sinus normally containing strong internal ligamentous structures. We suspect that this relatively shy duck chose the hock as a quiet shelter underestimating recent advances in diagnostic imaging. Alternatively we may have detected a dyslexic duck searching for reincarnation as a hawk. Quack.

From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Glas- gow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 IQH, Scotland. Reprints not available.

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