Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Acute Extrusion of the Lateral Meniscus in a Competing Quarter Horse

Authors
Federica ter Woort DMV, Virginie De Busscher DMV, DipECVDI, MRCVS and Christopher B. Riley BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, PCIM
Date
February 2011
Journal
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume
31
Number
2
Pages
53-56

A 4-year-old Quarter Horse gelding with a history of acute trauma was presented to our faculty. This report describes the inciting injury, documented in a video, and the ultrasonographic diagnosis of a traumatic extrusion of the right lateral meniscus with an accompanying extra-articular hematoma and distal collateral ligament lesion in a competing Quarter Horse. The ultrasonographic diagnosis of a lateral meniscal injury directly correlated with postmortem findings and this type of lateral meniscal injury has not been previously described in detail.

Equine
Case study
Ultrasound
Lameness
Traumatology

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