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  • Title: An unusual case of distal phalanx fracture in a horse.
    Author: McDiarmid AM.
    Journal: Vet Rec; 1995 Dec 09; 137(24):613-5. PubMed ID: 8746851.
    Abstract:
    A mature thoroughbred cross gelding with an acute onset forelimb lameness was found to have sustained a fracture to the distal phalanx. The fracture traversed the distal phalanx In a lateromedial direction dividing the phalanx into two halves, dorsally and palmarly and was classed a frontal fracture. The horse was treated conservatively and after 14 months rest it returned to work. Three years later the horse has remained sound.
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