Subcutaneous neurofibroma as a cause of lameness in a warmblood horse: Neurofibroma in a horse

J Equine Sci. 2020 Oct;31(3):45-48. doi: 10.1294/jes.31.45. Epub 2020 Oct 5.

Abstract

A neurofibroma was excised from the subcutis on the medial side of the left thigh of a 15-year-old Warmblood gelding, which had shown lameness of the left hind limb. No other source of lameness was found. Two weeks after surgery, the horse was sound at a lameness examination.

Keywords: horse; lameness; neurofibroma; peripheral nerve sheath tumor.