Radiation therapy communication: equine hemangioma.
Abstract: A 13-month-old Standardbred Colt had a recurrent hemangioma at the level of the coronary band. Multiple excisions had led to a nonhealing skin and hoof defect. Using 14 MV electrons, a total dose of 36 Gy was administered, given as six fractions of 6 Gy twice a week. Wound healing by second intention was achieved over the next 4 months and the colt began race training 6 months after the end of therapy. Twenty months later the colt is sound and there is no evidence of tumor recurrence.
Publication Date: 2009-10-01 PubMed ID: 19788045DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01575.xGoogle Scholar: Lookup
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The study investigates the treatment of a young horse with a recurring tumor by applying a specific dose of radiation. Post treatment, the horse’s wound healed, allowing it to resume race training, with no sign of the tumor returning after 20 months.
Study Characteristics
- The subject of the study was a 13-month-old colt of the Standardbred breed.
- The colt had a recurring type of skin tumor called a hemangioma situated at the coronary band, the area where the horse’s skin transitions into the hoof.
- Previous attempts to rid the colt of the hemangioma through surgical operations had led to a nonhealing wound on the skin and also the hoof.
Treatment Application
- Radiation therapy was administered to the colt where 14 MegaVolt (MV) electrons were irradiated towards the defective area.
- The total radiation dose of 36 Gray (Gy) was delivered in six stages or fractions – each of 6Gy. The fractions were administered twice weekly.
Post-Treatment Observations
- Healing of the colt’s wound occurred by the process of second intention, wherein the wound closes naturally without the need of suturing.
- Over the course of four months, the wound was successfully healed.
- The colt was able to resume race training six months after the therapy concluded.
Long-Term Outcome
- At an interval of twenty months post-therapy, the colt was observed to be healthy and there was no evidence to suggest a recurrence of the tumor.
Conclusion
- The study illustrates a successful use-case of radiation therapy for the treatment of hemangioma in a young horse.
- The therapy not only achieved the primary goal of tumor eradication, but also helped heal the surgical wound and returned the colt to its routine training.
- This method may be deemed promising for use in treating similar conditions in the future.
Cite This Article
APA
Kleiter M, Velde K, Hainisch E, Auer U, Reifinger M.
(2009).
Radiation therapy communication: equine hemangioma.
Vet Radiol Ultrasound, 50(5), 560-563.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01575.x Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Department for Companion Animals and Horses, Divisions of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria. miriam.kleiter@vu-wien.ac.at
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Hemangioma / congenital
- Hemangioma / radiotherapy
- Hemangioma / veterinary
- Hindlimb
- Horse Diseases / radiotherapy
- Horses
- Male
- Radiotherapy Dosage / veterinary
- Radiotherapy, High-Energy / veterinary
- Skin Neoplasms / radiotherapy
- Skin Neoplasms / veterinary
Citations
This article has been cited 1 times.- Spugnini EP, Bolaffio C, Scacco L, Baldi A. Isolated limb perfusion electrochemotherapy for the treatment of an advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the hoof in a mare. Open Vet J 2017;7(2):192-196.
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