title: Imaging diagnosis--equine mast cell tumor.
abstract: Equine mast cell tumors are typically benign solitary growths of the head, neck, trunk, or limbs. When involving the limbs, these masses tend to be adjacent to joints without involving them. In radiographs there is often a well-circumscribed soft tissue mass with granular mineralization. The Arabian breed appears to be over represented. Surgical removal is usually curative. In this report, we describe the diagnosis, clinical features, and management of mast cell tumors in the rear limb of a horse.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77853-4475, USA. rcole@cvm.tamu.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: A Berkley
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chesen
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pool
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watkins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006736:Horses; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012515:Mast-Cell Sarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*