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CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS IN A QUARTER HORSE FILLY
Author(s) -
WONG DAVID,
MILES KRISTINA,
SPONSELLER BRETT
Publication year - 2006
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.1740-8261.2006.00140.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foal , radiography , vertebral column , scoliosis , hypoplasia , rib cage , horse , anatomy , radiology , surgery , history , paleontology , archaeology , biology
A 4‐week old Quarter Horse filly was evaluated for abnormal gait and lateral deviation of the cervical spine. Physical examination findings prompted radiographs and computed tomography of the thoracic vertebral column which revealed hypoplasia of several thoracic vertebral bodies and resultant scoliosis of the thoracic vertebral column and deviation of the left and right hemithoraces and associated ribs. Collectively, radiography and computed tomography provided an accurate description of the vertebral malformations resulting in scoliosis in this foal.