Combined standing low-field magnetic resonance imaging and fan-beam computed tomographic diagnosis of fetlock region pain in 27 sports horses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no description of comparative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fan-beam computed tomography (CT) findings in the fetlock of lame sports horses.

Objectives

To document low-field MRI and fan-beam CT diagnoses in the lame and nonlame limbs of sports horses with fetlock region pain, and to evaluate whether combined imaging provides superior information to either technique alone.

Study design

Retrospective descriptive study.

Methods

Clinical records of sports horses with pain causing lameness localised to the metacarpo/metatarsophalangeal joint region that had undergone fan-beam CT and low-field MRI were reviewed. Images of both lame and nonlame contralateral limbs were assessed subjectively.

Results

Images of 52 limbs (lame n = 31, no

SUBMITTER: Nagy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12326934 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature