Auricular chondrosis in a horse |
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| Authors: | JR Bowers RF Slocombe |
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| Affiliation: | PO Box 36, Mt Martha , Victoria 3934, Australia;
;University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinical Centre, Werribee, VIC, Australia |
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| Abstract: | A 4-year-old crossbred, Welsh Mountain Pony gelding was presented with multiple, thick, round, raised, 3 to 8 mm diameter nodular lesions on the medial aspects of both ears. The nodules did not involve the epidermis and were observed to develop over several months. Punch biopsies were taken and histopathological examination returned a diagnosis of auricular chondrosis. Neither auricular chondrosis nor auricular chondritis has been reported in horses, although it has been recorded in cats, dogs, laboratory animals and humans. |
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| Keywords: | auricular chondritis auricular chondrosis autoimmunity horses type II collagen |
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