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Biaxial plantar process fractures of the distal phalanx in a horse
Author(s) -
Meehan Lucinda Jayne,
CillanGarcia Eugenio,
Parker Russell
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2013-000036
Subject(s) - medicine , lameness , phalanx , dorsum , horse , foot (prosody) , radiography , proximal phalanx , metacarpus , anatomy , metatarsal bones , soft tissue , toe , orthodontics , surgery , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , biology , thermodynamics
A mature horse was presented for investigation of severe acute hindlimb lameness with soft tissue swelling, a full thickness wound to the dorsal metatarsus and no other localising signs. Survey radiographs of the metatarsophalangeal region were unremarkable. Nuclear scintigraphy was required to reach a diagnosis of biaxial plantar process fractures of the distal phalanx, which to the authors’ knowledge is previously unreported. Flexed dorsal 45° lateral‐plantaromedial and flexed dorsal 45° medial‐plantarolateral oblique projections confirmed the diagnosis of both a type I and II fracture in the same foot. Treatment with cast immobilisation and corrective farriery was successful, and the horse became sound at six‐month follow‐up.