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Cricopharyngeal achalasia in Cocker Spaniels
Author(s) -
WEAVER A. D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1983.tb00433.x
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , myotomy , cricopharyngeal myotomy , aspiration pneumonia , surgery , pneumonia , esophagus
Cricopharyngeal achalasia is described in three Cocker Spaniel puppies, two being male littermates, the other a bitch from a litter comprising two bitches and two dogs. From 3 weeks of age, solid food was consistently regurgitated, while some fluids were returned via the nares. Diagnosis was made on fluoroscopic demonstration of failure of relaxation of the cricopharyngeal sphincter dorsal to the larynx. Myotomy of the cricopharyngeus muscle and partial section of the thyropharyngeus and oesophageal musculature resulted in considerable improvement. One animal with aspiration pneumonia remained with an occasional cough and all three animals were liable occasionally to regurgitate if eating fast.