Letter:Acute calf swelling.

A rare cause of calf swelling: the Morel–Lavallee lesion

INTRODUCTION Calf swelling is a common clinical presentation with a wide and varied differential diagnosis. The Morel-Lavallee is a rare cause of subcutaneous swelling, caused by post-traumatic shearing of the hypodermis from the underlying fascia. The potential space so created fills with blood, lymph and necrotic fat giving specific findings on MR evaluation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A case of...

Unusual causes of calf swelling--3. Popliteal vein obstruction by an osteochondroma of the proximal tibia.

Vascular complications of osteochondroma are uncommon. We report a case of popliteal vein obstruction by an osteochondroma, arising from the proximal tibia, in which the diagnosis was initially missed. The pathogenesis and management of these complications are discussed.

Reproducibility after de-swelling and re-swelling

Calf Scours.

ANIPLAN calf

As a part of ANIPLAN, Norway wanted to look at health and welfare planning for calves in organic dairy production. One reason for this was relevant ongoing activity on calves in Norway. There was also information from earlier projects on welfare assessment (Good animal welfare in organic farming, Animal welfare in Arctic farming) in dairy herds, which showed that calf welfare is a challenge in ...