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ABNORMAL BONE SCAN FINDINGS OF THE EQUINE ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY AND THIRD TROCHANTER |
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| Authors: | Urs GeissbühlerDR MED VET André BusatoDR MED VET MS Gottlieb UeltschiPROF DR MED VET |
| Institution: | Clinic for Food Animals and Horses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Bern, Langassstrasse 124, CH-3012 Bern;and the Institute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | equine bone scan horse ischial tuberosity third trochanter scintigraphy upper hindlimb |