ENLARGING BILATERAL FEMORAL CONDYLAR BONE CYSTS WITHOUT SCINTIGRAPHIC UPTAKE IN A YEARLING FOAL |
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| Authors: | KRE Squire MVSc MSc PhD JF Fessler DVM MS HD Cantwell DVM MS WR Widmer DVM MS |
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| Institution: | School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, 47907. |
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| Abstract: | Bilateral subchondral bone cysts of the femoral condyles were diagnosed by conventional radiography in a 14 month old Appaloosa colt. Surgical debridement was performed, and over the next 18 months the appearance of the cysts was evaluated with radiography and bone scintigraphy. On the preoperative scintigrams, increased radiopharmaceutical uptake was associated with the cysts. Despite continued radiographic enlargement, the cysts did not demonstrate increased radiopharmaceutical uptake post-operatively. |
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| Keywords: | osteochondrosis equine skeletal scintigraphy bone cysts |
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