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Discussion on Swelling on front of hind cannon bone
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dlsenDrO
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Posted on Monday, Nov 11, 2013 - 1:05 pm:
Hi Dr. O,
My horse has a swelling on the front of his left hind cannon bone, midway between the fetlock and the hock. I believe that it is because he hit a front rail of an jump the other day with his hind leg. I am not 100% positive this is what it is from, but we noticed it right after we got home from the clinic, while we were hosing his legs off. That was 6 days ago. It was not particularly hot and not sore to the touch. I cold hosed it and poulticed it that night and wrapped both hind legs. The next day, the swelling was down about 80 % but you could still feel a smaller bump. I turned him out for the day and it filled up again during the day, but not to it's original size.
It has been 6 days and the smaller bump is still there. He is not lame on it, it is not sore to the touch and I have ridden him twice during that time. He gets turned out during the day, and at night I poultice and wrap it. It is still filling up a little during the day when it is not wrapped, even with turn out.
I am concerned because it has been 6 days and if it is something more serious, I want to make sure I am not injuring it further. I am not sure what muscles/ligamants/tendons are in that area. Do you think it could be a bone chip or hairline fracture? Or is that just a sensitive area that may take a while to heal? I didn't want to get too crazy because it doesn't seem to bother him at all moving around or when I apply pressure to it.
Do you have any thoughts on the severity and what I can do going forward?
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Nov 14, 2013 - 7:33 am:
Hello Dana,
I would expect a serious injury to be painful but that does not rule out the possibility of a hairline fracture, bruising of the periosteum of the cannon bone, or bruising to a extensor tendon.
As to going forward it depends on your tolerance for risk. If you wish to take no chances you should have a vet look at this. If on the other hand you wish to go with the idea without pain it is less likely to be serious continue with treatment and exercise that does not seem to exacerbate the problem.
DrO
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