Traumatic neuroma of the medial palmar nerve as a possible cause of a severe gait abnormality in a Warmblood riding horse |
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| Authors: | K. Ljungvall L. Jonsson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Maelaren Equine Clinic;2. and Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Division of Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes the history, examination and clinical findings in a riding horse with a gait abnormality. The lesion was localised to the carpal area of one of the forelimbs, but could not be properly characterised until post mortem examination, when a diagnosis of a traumatic neuroma of the medial palmar nerve could be reached. Thus, the most plausible explanation for the gait abnormality of the horse was found in the peripheral nervous system. |
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| Keywords: | horse lameness nerve neuroma histopathology carpal canal |
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