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Paranasal Sinusitis Complicated by Inspissated Exudate in the Ventral Conchal Sinus
Author(s) -
SCHUMACHER JAMES,
HONNAS CLIFFORD,
SMITH BARBARA
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1987.tb00970.x
Subject(s) - medicine , exudate , cheek teeth , sinus (botany) , sinusitis , frontal sinus , anatomy , skull , surgery , pathology , biology , botany , genus
Primary paranasal sinusitis complicated by inspissated exudate within the ventral conchal sinus was diagnosed in five horses. Clinical signs included a unilateral, foul‐smelling, mucopurulent nasal exudate of 2 to 7 months' duration. Two of the horses had partial nasal obstruction from distortion of the ventral concha. Radiographs of the skull showed a mass of soft tissue density dorsal to the roots of the superior third and fourth or fourth and fifth cheek teeth. Treatment included bone flap maxillary sinusotomy with exposure of the ventral nasal concha and removal of inspissated exudate. Resolution of the sinusitis occurred in all five horses.