A Digital Osteochondroma as the Cause of Lameness in a Foal

J. Lane Easter; J. P. Watkins; B. Berridge; Linda D. Homco

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632607

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1998; 11(01): 44-46
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632607

Case Report

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A Digital Osteochondroma as the Cause of Lameness in a Foal

Authors

J. Lane Easter

¹From the Departments of Large Animal Medicine & Surgery, Texas A & M University, USAand
J. P. Watkins

¹From the Departments of Large Animal Medicine & Surgery, Texas A & M University, USAand
B. Berridge

²Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A & M University, USA
Linda D. Homco

¹From the Departments of Large Animal Medicine & Surgery, Texas A & M University, USAand

Abstract

A two-month-old foal was presented for evaluation of a grade III/V left forelimb lameness. The left front foot was found to be misshapen. Regional nerve blocks were used to isolate the lameness to the left front digit. Radiographs revealed an unusual exostosis on the palmar distal aspect of the middle phalanx. Due to a poor prognosis for a return to soundness with treatment, the owners elected to euthanatize the foal. Histopathology showed the exostosis to be a solitary osteochondroma originating from the middle phalanx.

Keywords

Bone - foal - lameness - osteochondroma - tumor

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