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Discussion on Carpal Canal leakage?
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New Member:
Lwillis
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 1, 2005 - 12:47 pm:
My vet did an ultrasound on my horse and said that he has fluid leaking from his carpal canal. What would cause this, how do I treat it, and is it serious?
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 2, 2005 - 1:19 pm:
Lauren this is not a diagnosis I have seen made before. What are your horse's symptoms? How does he know the fluid he is imaging is synovial fluid, as opposed to a seroma for instance, if he has not tapped it?
DrO
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Lwillis
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 2, 2005 - 1:35 pm:
Dr. O., thanks for your response....
Well, as with horses, this is kind of a long story. My horse has been laid up for 4 months due to what my original vet said was a suspensory injury. I was a little suspicious of the prognosis due to reasons I won't go into, then found out that he wasn't taking pictures when he was ultra sounding which caused me consider a second opinion.
When ultra sounding, this second vet said that he found no tears of the suspensory, but that there was some fluid leakage from the carpal canal, but didn't think it was any thing to worry about.
It sounds like you suggest I have some further testing done? Also, what is a seroma?
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Jan 3, 2005 - 6:26 am:
A seroma is a pocket of serum that most commonly forms following trauma. The problem seems to be you have a lame horse and no diagnosis of why, start with the article on localizing lameness then find a vet who will pursue a logical lameness exam designed to localize the problem based on the principles in the article Equine Diseases » Lameness » Localizing Lameness in the Horse.
DrO
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