Surgical treatment of subchondral cyst-like lesions in the tibia of an adult pony.
A 13 year-old pony was evaluated because of right hind limb lameness of acute onset. Radiographs of the right tarsus obtained shortly after the onset of lameness were normal, but results of nuclear scintigraphy were abnormal. Two radiolucent subchondral cyst-like lesions of the distal part of the tibia were seen on radiographs obtained 9 months later. The lesions were surgically decompressed, and the pony was sound 1 year later. It is hypothesized that a traumatic insult created a crack or split in the articular cartilage that allowed subsequent development of the cyst-like lesions.
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Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013643:Tarsus, Animal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013977:Tibia