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1.408

Fig. 1.405 Lateromedial radiograph showing a
complete diaphyseal fracture of the right femur in a
two-week old, 24 kg foal.

1.406

Figs. 1.407, 1.408 (1.407) Scintographic images
from the upper femur and coxofemoral joint of the left
and right hindlimbs of a horse with an acute-onset right
hindlimb lameness. Note the marked radiopharmaceutical
uptake overlying the third trochanter of the right
hindlimb. (1.408) Craniolateral/caudomedial radiograph
of the upper femur of the right hindlimb of the same
horse. Note the mildly displaced fractured third
trochanter. (Photos courtesy Graham Munroe)

Fig. 1.406 Ventrodorsal radiograph of the proximal of the surface of the fractured bone to confirm
femur and coxofemoral joint taken under general the displacement. Scintigraphy is the best imaging
anaesthesia and confirming a displaced fracture of modality for diagnosing fractures of the greater or
the femoral neck in a young horse. (Photo courtesy third trochanters (Figs. 1.407, 1.408), but they may
Henk van der Veen) also be confirmed ultrasonographically.