Diagnostic Exercise: Intraosseous Epidermoid Cysts in the Third Phalanx of a Dressage Mare

• Published in: Veterinary pathology Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 355 - 357
• Main Authors: Headley, S.A, Kummala, E, Saarinen, H, Tupamäki, A, Tulamo, R.-M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA American College of Veterinary Pathologists 01.03.2009; SAGE Publications
• Subjects: animal pathology; Animals; cysts (pathology); disease diagnosis; Epidermal Cyst - diagnosis; Epidermal Cyst - veterinary; Female; Foot Diseases - pathology; Foot Diseases - veterinary; histochemistry; horse diseases; Horse Diseases - diagnosis; Horses; image analysis; intraosseous epidermoid cyst; lesions (animal); mares; radiography; signs and symptoms (animals and humans); tomography; Diagnostic pathology; intraosseous epidermoid cyst; horse diseases; imaging diagnosis; third phalanx

An 11-yr-old Dressage mare had abnormal gait, and an abscess of the left hoof was suspected but not observed. Radiographic and computerized tomographic evaluations showed a large cystic lesion near the apex of the pedal bone, and a smaller, similar lesion at the lateral wing. Sagittal sections throu...