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1 December 2016 SOLITARY OSTEOCHONDROMA OF THE DISTAL THIRD METACARPAL BONE IN A TWO-YEAR-OLD WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM)
Yolandi Smit, Johan Steyl, Johan Marais
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Abstract

A privately owned, 2-yr-old, 600-kg, intact male white rhinoceros presented with a progressive lameness of the left front limb of 8-mo duration with a focal swelling situated over the dorsoproximal aspect of third metacarpophalangeal joint. Radiographs of the affected limb showed a 28 mm × 26 mm exostosis at the dorsodistal third metacarpal bone. Surgical removal of the exostosis was performed and histopathologic examination confirmed a solitary osteochondroma. A follow-up examination 1 yr after surgical removal revealed total abolishment of the left front limb lameness. This report documents the first diagnosis and treatment of solitary osteochondroma in a white rhinoceros.

Copyright 2016 by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Yolandi Smit, Johan Steyl, and Johan Marais "SOLITARY OSTEOCHONDROMA OF THE DISTAL THIRD METACARPAL BONE IN A TWO-YEAR-OLD WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 47(4), 1086-1089, (1 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0261.1
Received: 9 November 2015; Published: 1 December 2016
KEYWORDS
Bone disease
Ceratotherium simum
osteochondroma
white rhinoceros
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