2020Journal of Equine ScienceOpen access

Subcutaneous neurofibroma as a cause of lameness in a warmblood horse: Neurofibroma in a horse

Riccardo Rinnovati, Socrate XENOS, Andrea Beltrame, Marigo Andrea, G Forni, Maria Morini

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A neurofibroma was excised from the subcutis on the medial side of the left thigh of a 15-year-old Warmblood gelding, which had shown lameness of the left hind limb. No other source of lameness was found. Two weeks after surgery, the horse was sound at a lameness examination.

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A neurofibroma was excised from the subcutis on the medial side of the left thigh of a 15-year-old Warmblood gelding, which had shown lameness of the left hind limb. No other source of lameness was found. Two weeks after surgery, the horse was sound at a lameness examination.

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A neurofibroma was excised from the subcutis on the medial side of the left thigh of a 15-year-old Warmblood gelding, which had shown lameness of the left hind limb. No other source of lameness was found. Two weeks after surgery, the horse was sound at a lameness examination.

Key concepts: Warmblood, Lameness, Horse, Neurofibroma, Medicine, Pony, Anatomy, Surgery

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