IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—EQUINE NASAL SEPTAL THICKENING DUE TO CHRONIC CHONDRITIS |
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| Authors: | AJAY SHARMA MARGRET S. THOMPSON LAUREN V. SCHNABEL ASLI METE RICHARD HACKETT |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401;, and California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California, Davis, CA 95617 |
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| Abstract: | We describe the use of computed tomography (CT) in a 6-year-old mare with upper airway obstruction due to an abnormally thick nasal septum. Upon CT imaging, multifocal, expansile cyst-like lesions were detected in the nasal septum. The histopathologic diagnosis was chronic dissecting chondritis. Resection of the abnormal nasal septum resulted in resolution of the clinical signs. |
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| Keywords: | chronic chondritis CT equine nasal septum upper airway obstruction |
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