Treatment of a mandibular bone cyst by use of a corticocancellous bone graft in a horse.
A 1-year-old Appaloosa stallion had a mass on the right rostral hemimandible. The mass was firm, did not cause signs of pain, and was identified as a bone cyst by radiography and biopsy. Surgical correction included curettage of the cystic cavity and grafting the defect with both cortical and cancellous bone. By 5 months, the cystic cavity was ossifying; continued remodeling with an increase in bone density was apparent 22 months after surgery.
Jackman
B R
BR
Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
Baxter
G M
GM
D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000662:veterinary; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000662:veterinary*; D003475:Curettage / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography