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Case Reports
. 2004 May;45(5):424-6.

Thyroid hyperplasia and musculoskeletal deformity in a standardbred filly in Ontario

Sally K Gawrylash  1
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Thyroid hyperplasia and musculoskeletal deformity in a standardbred filly in Ontario

Sally K Gawrylash. Can Vet J. 2004 May.

Abstract
in English, French

Thyroid hyperplasia and musculoskeletal deformity, described in foals in western Canada, has not been recognized as a common cause of neonatal foal mortality in Ontario. A case is reported from Ontario, with clinical and histopathological findings consistent with the syndrome described in western Canada.

Résumé — Hyperplasie thyroïdienne et déformation musculosquelettique chez une pouliche Standardbred. L’hyperplasie de la thyroïde et la déformation musculosquelettique, décrites chez les poulains dans l’ouest du Canada, n’a pas été reconnue comme cause fréquente de mortalité néonatale chez les poulains en Ontario. Un cas est rapporté en Ontario et les trouvailles cliniques et histopathologiques sont compatibles avec le syndrome décrit dans l’ouest du Canada.

(Traduit par Docteur André Blouin)

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Figure 1
Dorsopalmar plain radiographs of both carpi of a 1 day-old standardbred foal with thyroid hyperplasia and musculoskeletal deformity showing incomplete ossification of the cuboidal bones.
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