OSTEOCHONDROMA AT THE DISTAL RADIAL METAPHYSIS IN A HORSE

The present report describes a case oi osteochondroma formation at the left distal radial metaphysis in a 3-year-old warmblood stallion. The horse displayed the typical clinical and radiographic symptoms of thi s condition. The osteochondroma was subsequently removed surgically em ploying a medial incisional approach to the carpal canal sheath. Gross pathologic and histologic examination oi the extirpated bony process confirmed the diagnosis oi osteochondroma. Follow-up 4 months postoper atively revealed that the horse was no longer showing clinical symptom s referable to the original disease.