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Severe lameness in a five-year-old Arab stallion - what to know
By Booth, T M·Published in The Veterinary record·1999·University of Liverpool Large Animal Hospital, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Lameness associated with the bicipital bursa in an Arab stallion.
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- horse
Plain-English summary
A five-year-old Arab stallion was suffering from severe lameness in his left front leg. Vets used local anesthesia and imaging tests to find that the problem was in the bicipital bursa, a fluid-filled sac near the shoulder. Further examinations showed new bone growth and soft tissue issues in that area. Unfortunately, the stallion was euthanized, and a postmortem revealed significant damage to the bursa, confirming a diagnosis of chronic bursitis, which is a painful inflammation of the bursa.
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Abstract
Severe, chronic lameness in the left forelimb of a five-year-old Arab stallion was localised to the bicipital bursa by local anaesthesia and gamma scintigraphy. Radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations of the proximal humeral tubercles and bicipital bursa revealed new bone production in the region of the intertubercular grooves and irregularities in the density of the soft tissues of the bicipital tendon and bursa. An endoscopic examination of the bicipital bursa with a standard arthroscope under general anaesthesia was a useful diagnostic procedure. The stallion was euthanased, and marked fibrocartilage fibrillation and formation of adhesions were found postmortem, confirming a diagnosis of chronic fibrinous bursitis.
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