Para-aural abscess in the dog and cat |
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| Authors: | J. G. LANE P. E. WATKINS |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol. |
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| Abstract: | The term para-aural abscess is used to describe the condition when suppuration has extended from the external ear canal or the middle ear cavity into the surrounding soft tissues. This report describes a series of 17 dogs and three cats in which otitis had advanced to the stage of para-aural abscess formation. The diagnostic procedures and subsequent treatments are rationalized but it is concluded that the prognosis is not favourable in most animals in which otitis has progressed to this state. |
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