Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound · 2004 · 41 citations · 15 references
Veterinary MedicineAnimal SciencesVeterinary Diagnostic ImagingEquine MedicineEquine ScienceEquine SurgeryFracture DetectionOrthopedic ImagingScapular FracturesShoulder InjuriesStress Fracture ImagingStress FracturesDisplaced Scapular FracturesIncomplete Fracture DiagnosisLameness DiagnosisRadiopharmaceutical UptakeScapular AnatomyScapular Spine FracturesShoulder FracturesStress Fracture Diagnosis
Stress fracture of the scapula in two horses is described. Both horses had a history of acute lameness after strenuous exercise. Using elective nuclear scintigraphy focal increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the affected scapula consistent with a fracture was identified. Standing radiography was nondiagnostic in both horses. Ultrasonographic findings in one horse were consistent with a minimally displaced incomplete fracture. Both horses were treated conservatively and returned to train and race successfully postinjury. Veterinary
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Bone Stress: A Radionuclide Imaging Perspective
Leslie W. Roub, Lewis W. Gumerman, Edward N. Hanley et al. · Radiology · 1979 · 211 citations