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ABNORMAL BONE SCAN FINDINGS OF THE EQUINE ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY AND THIRD TROCHANTER
Author(s) -
Geissbühler Urs,
Busato André,
Ueltschi Gottlieb
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1998.tb01654.x
Subject(s) - ischial tuberosity , medicine , lameness , greater trochanter , trochanter , radiography , lesser trochanter , nuclear medicine , femur , ostectomy , anatomy , bone scintigraphy , radiology , orthodontics , surgery , femoral neck , pathology , osteoporosis
Obtaining high‐quality radiographs of the proximal aspect of equine limbs is difficult because of the large muscles in these regions. The use of scintigraphy may provide further information. Abnormal bone scan findings of the ischial tuberosity or the third trochanter were found in 29 adult horses with obscure hind limb lameness between 1986 and 1996 at the Large Animal Clinic of the University of Bern. Each had abnormal radiopharmaceutical uptake but not all had radiographic changes. Radio‐pharmaceutical uptake ratios between the ischial tuberosity and the greater trochanter were calculated. The uptake ratio in a control group of 11 clinically sound horses was lower than in 11 lame horses with subjectively enhanced radiopharmaceutical uptake.