Clinical and low field magnetic resonance imaging features of osseous cyst‐like lesions of the proximal sesamoid bones in seven horses |
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| Authors: | T. S. Mair C. E. Sherlock A. Blunden |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic, Maidstone, Kent, UK;2. Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Suffolk, UK |
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| Abstract: | Osseous cyst‐like lesions of the proximal sesamoid bones (PSBs) were diagnosed in 7 horses. The diagnosis was achieved radiographically prior to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in only one horse, and in the other 6 horses the diagnosis was made using low field MRI (retrospective evaluation of the radiographs after the MRI revealed ill‐defined radiolucencies of the PSBs in 4 of these horses). The horses ranged in age from 3 to 12 years, and the affected limbs included 3 forelimbs and 4 hindlimbs. The onset of lameness was reported to be sudden in 6 horses and insidious in one, and the duration of lameness at the time of MRI ranged from 0.3 to 11 months. The degree of lameness in the 6 horses with sudden‐onset lameness was moderate to severe. Pain on flexion of the affected metacarpo(tarso)phalangeal (fetlock) joint or exacerbation of the degree of lameness following fetlock flexion was recorded in 4 of the 7 horses. The MRI findings in all cases included a focal high signal intensity lesion (all magnetic resonance sequences) at various locations in one PSB. Both septic and nonseptic aetiologies were identified. Four of the 7 horses were subjected to euthanasia due to persistent lameness, one remained chronically lame and only 2 were able to return to their previous level of exercise. |
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| Keywords: | horse magnetic resonance imaging proximal sesamoid bone osseus cyst‐like lesion |
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