Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Ultrasonographic and computed tomographic features of rice bodies in an Arabian horse with atlantal bursitis.
- Journal:
- Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association
- Year:
- 2020
- Authors:
- Hohu, Kyle K et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 19-year-old castrated male Arabian horse was brought in because of a firm lump on the back of its neck. Tests using ultrasound and a special type of X-ray called computed tomography showed several smooth, rice-shaped structures inside a fluid-filled sac near the spine. These structures were surgically removed and were made up of thick protein material mixed with some white and red blood cells. This case is the first time that these rice bodies, which are similar to those seen in humans with joint inflammation, have been described in a horse. The treatment involved surgery to remove the rice bodies, but the abstract does not specify the outcome of the horse's recovery.
Abstract
A 19-year-old castrated Arabian male horse presented for evaluation of a firm mass at the dorsal cervical region. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed multiple well defined fusiform structures within the atlantal bursa. Multiple glossy smooth, white to yellowish, flattened fusiform structures were removed surgically. These structures were composed of dense fibrin with some leukocytes and red blood cells. The imaging and histopathological features of these structures were similar to chronic 'rice bodies' reported in humans with bursitis or tenosynovitis. This is the first veterinary report describing the imaging features of 'rice bodies' in a horse with atlantal bursitis.
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