Ultrasound

Ultrasonographic appearance of normal and injured lateral patellar ligaments in the equine stifle

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY: Ultrasound is widely used in horses with stifle lameness, yet limited information is available regarding the appearance of normal and injured lateral patellar ligaments (LPL).

OBJECTIVES: To map the normal ultrasonographic appearance of the LPL. To describe the clinical and ultrasonographic features of LPL injuries.

STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive study of healthy horses and retrospective case series.

Category: Equine - Imaging - Tendon - Ultrasound

Association of Ultrasound and Anatomopathologic Findings of Equine Metacarpophalangeal Lesions

Authors: Grasiela De Bastiani, Flávio Desessards de La Côrte, Karin Erica Brass, Glaucia Denise Kommers, Jean Marie Denoix

Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

To determine the association between ultrasonographic (US) and anatomopathologic findings, an US examination was performed postmortem on the fetlock and associated structures of 37 equine forelimb specimens. All these specimens exhibited images suggestive of lesions on the ultrasound examination. Subsequently, these limbs were dissected and underwent an anatomopathologic study.

Category: Anatomic study - Equine - Traumatology - Ultrasound

Ultrasound Assisted Arthroscopic Approach for Removal of Basilar Sesamoid Fragments of the Proximal Sesamoid Bones in Horses

Authors: Elizabeth J. Barrett and Dwayne H. Rodgerson

Journal: Veterinary Surgery

Objective To describe an ultrasound assisted arthroscopic approach for removal of non-articular basilar sesamoid fragments in Thoroughbred yearlings. Animals Thoroughbred yearlings (n = 7). Methods Basilar sesamoid fragments identified during pre-sale radiographic examination were removed using a palmar/plantar arthroscopic approach to the fetlock joint and ultrasonographic guidance. Complete fragment removal was confirmed by ultrasonography and radiography.

Category: Endoscopic surgery - Equine - Imaging - Surgical technique - Ultrasound

Frontal plane fractures of the accessory carpal bone and implications for the carpal sheath of the digital flexor tendons

Authors: G. J. Minshall and I. M. Wright

Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal

Summary Reasons for performing study Accurate radiological and ultrasonographic descriptions of frontal plane fractures of the accessory carpal bone (ACB) are lacking, and implications of these fractures for the carpal sheath and its contents have not previously been reported.

Category: Bone - Endoscopic surgery - Equine - Imaging - Radiography - Tendon - Traumatology - Ultrasound

Reproducibility and feasibility of acoustoelastography in the superficial digital flexor tendons of clinically normal horses

Authors: Michelle E. Ellison, Sarah Duenwald-Kuehl, Lisa J. Forrest, Ray Vanderby , Sabrina H. Brounts

Journal: American Journal of Veterinary Research

Objective—To evaluate the feasibility and repeatability of in vivo measurement of stiffness gradients by means of acoustoelastography in the superficial digital flexor tendons (SDFTs) of clinically normal horses.

Animals—15 clinically normal horses.

Category: Equine - Imaging - Tendon - Ultrasound

Clinical, radiographic, ultrasonographic and computed tomographic features of nonseptic osteitis of the axial border of the proximal sesamoid bones

Authors: K. Vanderperren, H. J. Bergman, T. J. P. Spoormakers, F. Pille, L. Duchateau, S. M. Puchalski and J. H. Saunders

Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal

Summary

Reasons for performing study

Lysis of the axial aspect of equine proximal sesamoid bones (PSBs) is a rare condition reported to have septic or traumatic origins. Limited information exists regarding imaging of nonseptic axial osteitis of a PSB.

Category: Bone - Comparative Study - CT - Equine - Imaging - Radiography - Ultrasound

ELASTOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE METACARPAL TENDONS IN HORSES WITHOUT CLINICAL EVIDENCE OF TENDON INJURY

Authors: Meghann Lustgarten, W. Rich Redding, Raphael Labens, Michel Morgan, Weston Davis and Gabriela S. Seiler

Journal: Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Tendon and ligament injuries are common causes of impaired performance in equine athletes. Gray-scale ultrasonography is the current standard method for diagnosing and monitoring these injuries, however this modality only provides morphologic information. Elastography is an ultrasound technique that allows detection and measurement of tissue strain, and may provide valuable mechanical information about equine tendon and ligament injuries.

Category: Equine - Imaging - Tendon - Ultrasound

Comparison between palpation and ultrasonography for evaluation of experimentally induced effusion in the distal interphalangeal joint of horses

Authors: Julien Olive, Nathalie Lambert, Kirstin A. Bubeck, Guy Beauchamp, Sheila Laverty

Journal: American Journal of Veterinary Research

Objective—To ultrasonographically quantify experimentally induced effusion of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint of horses and compare results with those obtained with palpation.

Sample—8 forelimbs from equine cadavers and forelimbs of 5 mares.

Category: Equine - Imaging - Ultrasound

Usefulness of Doppler ultrasonography to assess digital vascular dynamics in horses with systemic inflammatory response syndrome or laminitis

Authors: Carla N. Aguirre, Jesús Talavera, María Josefa Fernández del Palacio

Journal: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Objective—To evaluate the usefulness of Doppler ultrasonography as a method to assess changes in digital vascular dynamics in horses with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or laminitis.

Design—Cross-sectional study.

Animals—42 adult Andalusian horses.

Category: Equine - Imaging - Laminitis - Ultrasound

COMPARISON BETWEEN STANDARD ULTRASONOGRAPHY, ANGLE CONTRAST ULTRASONOGRAPHY, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORMAL EQUINE PROXIMAL SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT

Authors: N.M. Werpy, J.M. Denoix, C.W. McIlwraith and D.D. Frisbie

Journal: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

Previous studies have proposed that standard ultrasonography may not adequately represent the pertinent anatomic characteristics of the equine proximal suspensory ligament. The purpose of the study was to compare the use of standard ultrasonography, angle contrast ultrasonography, MRI, and histology for identification of the anatomic characteristics of the normal equine suspensory ligament in the forelimb. Horses free from forelimb lameness with no palpable abnormalities in the region of the suspensory ligament were included in the study.

Category: Comparative Study - Equine - Imaging - Ligament - MRI - Ultrasound