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Veterinary World, Vol.1, No.3, March 2008
Radiological Diagnosis of Horn Cancer
S.V.Udharwar, V.D.Aher, G.U.Yadav,A.U.Bhikane and B.P.DandgeDepartment of surgery and RadiologyCollege of Veterinary and Animal SciencesUdgir-413 517 Dist.Latur, Maharashtra
Abstract
Twelve clinical cases of horn cancer in bovine were explored for radiological examination. The tentativediagnosis based on clinical sign and percussion was confirmed on radiological findings. There was lossof architecture of sinus plates with negative air contrast indicating osteolytic changes in horn. In advancedcases, there was dense soft tissue occupying horn core without demarcating the osseous landmarks.Whereas, in normal and healthy horn the septal plates with negative air contrast and normal architecturewas visualized. Thus radiological examination will be helpful for confirmatory diagnosis of horn cancer inearly stage also.
Keywords:
Radiology, Horn cancer, Bovine, Diagnosis,
Introduction
Horn cancer is very common condition inbullocks. Horn cancer can be tentatively diagnosedwith the specific history, typical clinical appearanceof horn and percussion. Usually the condition isdiagnosed when typical symptoms like asymmetryor deviation of horn and increased diameter of thehorn base is seen. Amputation of horn is advisedimmediately for the treatment. Most of time ownersare interested to save the horn for cosmetic look. Forconfirmatory diagnosis which is difficult in early stagewhere the symptoms are not clear. So, the presentstudy was undertaken to perform confirmatorydiagnosis of suspected cases of horn cancer withradiological examination.
Material and Methods
A total of twelve case of horn cancertentatively diagnosed on clinical signs wereundergone radiological examination of affected hornat Department of Surgery and Radiology, VeterinaryCollege, Udgir. The radiological examination wasperformed with the objective to confirm integrity ofsinuses, pericranial osseous structures and septalplates in the frontal sinus.The animals were sufficiently prepared andrestrained properly for radiography. The 8"x10" filmwas loaded and lateral and cranio-caudal radiographsof affected horn were taken by keeping KV-50, MAS-6.5,FFD-90 cm for each animal. In the similar mannerradiograph of normal horn was taken for comparison.
Results and Discussion
There was characteristic radiologicaldifference between early and advanced stage of horncaner. In early stage of horn cancer, there was lossof architecture of sinus plates with negative aircontrast indicating osteolytic changes in horn(Fig.1B). In advanced cases of horn cancer, there
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Fig-1 : Showing radiological presentation in earlystage of horn cancer (B) & compared with normalhorn (A)
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Fig-2 : Showing radiological presentation in advancedstage of horn cancer (B) & compared with normal horn(A)
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