Descripción imagenológica de un caballo criollo colombiano con enfermedad articular degenerativa del tarso

Abstract

This article reports a clinical case of a 4-year-old Creole mare, who comes to consultation due to lameness and an increase in the size of the tarsal joint in the right hind limb resulting from trauma. A clinical examination of the patient is performed in which a 5/5 support claudication is evident with notable compensatory movements; to palpation refers pain and swelling is evident, increase in temperature and size. Hemogram, blood chemistry, evaluation of joint fluid was performed through cytology and culture; in turn, an imaging diagnosis is made during several periods of the evolution of the case, conventional radiography is performed in which there are findings such as proliferative reaction, presence of osteophytes, ankylosis, among others; The ultrasound evaluation presented findings such as decrease in synovial fluid, increase in size and echogenicity of the synovial membrane and presence of fibrin bands present in the joint fluid. The therapeutic approach is performed through analgesic drugs, joint lavage and corticosteroid infiltration, and intraarticular infusion with 10% DMSO. The present case describes the imaging follow-up of an equine patient with degenerative joint disease of the tarsus, which provides tools to the veterinary community for the correct diagnosis of joint disease in the equine.