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A review of swellings of the frontal region of the equine head
Author(s) -
Dixon P. M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/eve.12187
Subject(s) - medicine , periostitis , frontal sinus , fibrous joint , sinusitis , skull , frontal bone , suture line , sinus (botany) , anatomy , surgery , genus , botany , biology
Summary Gross swellings of the equine frontal area are most commonly caused by the poorly understood disorder of nasofrontal suture line periostitis that is usually self‐resolving, sinus cysts that are highly amenable to treatment, sinus tumours that in contrast usually respond poorly to treatment and facial trauma that may later lead to nasofrontal suture line periostitis. Other causes of conchofrontal sinus disease such as intrasinus progressive ethmoid haematoma, primary sinusitis and dental sinusitis seldom cause gross swellings of the overlying bones.