Radiation therapy communication: equine hemangioma.
A 13-month-old Standardbred Colt had a recurrent hemangioma at the level of the coronary band. Multiple excisions had led to a nonhealing skin and hoof defect. Using 14 MV electrons, a total dose of 36 Gy was administered, given as six fractions of 6 Gy twice a week. Wound healing by second intention was achieved over the next 4 months and the colt began race training 6 months after the end of therapy. Twenty months later the colt is sound and there is no evidence of tumor recurrence.
Department for Companion Animals and Horses, Divisions of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria. miriam.kleiter@vu-wien.ac.at
Miriam
M
Kleiter
Karsten
K
Velde
Edmund
E
Hainisch
Ulrike
U
Auer
Martin
M
Reifinger
D000818:Animals; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006614:Hindlimb; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage / Q000662:veterinary; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000662:veterinary*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000662:veterinary*