Radiography and Standing Computed Tomography of an Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesion Found at the Dorsodistolateral Aspect of the Calcaneus in a 3-Year-Old Horse.
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Radiography and Standing Computed Tomography of an Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesion Found at the Dorsodistolateral Aspect of the Calcaneus in a 3-Year-Old Horse.

  • Skarbek A Vetsuisse Faculty, Division of Clinical Radiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: adrianna.skarbek@vetsuisse.unibe.ch.
  • Ramseyer A Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Swiss Institute for Equine Medicine (ISME), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, and Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Koch C Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Swiss Institute for Equine Medicine (ISME), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, and Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Van der Vekens E Vetsuisse Faculty, Division of Clinical Radiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • 2020-10-20
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  • Journal of equine veterinary science. - 2020
English An incidental osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesion was found in a left tarsus of a 3-year-old Freiberger stallion presented for a prepurchase examination. The lesion was best visualized on the dorsomedial-plantarolateral oblique and dorsoplantar projections. A standing computed tomographic examination confirmed a fragmentation of the dorsodistolateral aspect of the calcaneus. In suspected OCD lesions at the distal aspect of the talus or calcaneus, a dorsoplantar projection of the tarsus improves lesion localization and could be added to the standard radiographic protocol during OCD screenings. Computed tomography allowed more detailed evaluation of a not previously described calcaneal origin of this uncommon presumed OCD lesion in the equine tarsus.
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