Radiographic imaging of the entheses of the equine thoracic foot.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An injury of a tendon or ligament of the equine foot is frequently a cause of lameness. The optimal radiographic projections delineating the entheses of five commonly injured tendons and ligaments of the foot should be described.

Methods

The entheses of the collateral ligaments of the distal interphalangeal joint, the collateral sesamoidean ligaments of the navicular bone, the deep digital flexor tendon, the common digital extensor tendon and the distal sesamoidean impar ligament were isolated from a thoracic foot of three cadavers. Three standard radiographic projections (60-degree, dorsoproximal‒palmarodistal oblique [D60°PrPaDO] projection, lateromedial [LM] projection and dorsopalmar [DP] projection) were obtained of each foot, with the entheses of the selecte

SUBMITTER: Honnas DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12904081 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature