PRESENTATION: 8 month old intact male Rottweiler presented with a right forelimb angular deformity.
HISTORY: Lameness and deviation of the limb reportedly only noticed by the owners for the past 10 days.
DIAGNOSIS: Orthopedic examination revealed a grade II right forelimb lameness with pain in the right carpus region. Radiographs revealed a normal left forelimb and a shortened right radius with a chronic Salter-Harris II distal radial physeal fracture and premature partial distal radial physeal closure on the medial aspect and a secondary varus deformity.
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