Equine Throat & Thorax Flashcards
Radiography is a good tool for evaluating
________ abnormalities.
________ abnormalites require endoscopic evaluation.
Radiography is a good tool for evaluating
Morphologic abnormalities.
Functional abnormalites require endoscopic evaluation.
The disease that occurs when the aryepiglottic fold
envelops the the epiglottis
Epiglottic entrapment
What has occurred if the tip of the epiglottis appears
blunt, bulbous, and malformed
Epiglottic entrapment
What can cause dorsal displacement of the soft palate?
Inflammation in the guttural pouch
Retropharyngeal LN compressing vagus nerve
Congenital hypopasia of the epiglottis
The most important sign of pharyngeal disease in a horse is
decreased gas content
What 2 diseases can cause reduced pharyngeal volume?
Retropharyngeal abscess or lymphadenopathy
What are the radiographic signs of guttural pouch disease?
Increased air content
Increased soft tissue/fluid opacity
Intraluminal mass
Severe gaseous distension of the guttural pouch seen in young
is known as
Tympany
What type of displacement will you seen in a horse with tympany?
Compression of the pharynx
Displacement of the larynx and trachea ventrally
T/F:
If you suspect a lesion in the right lung of a horse,
a right-left (left lateral) thoracic radiograph should be made
FALSE!
You want to place the lesion closer to the cassette, so if you
think it is a RIGHT lesion, you need a LEFT-RIGHT thoracic radiograph
If you see ventrally located consolidation that silhouettes with
the heart and diaphragm, you suspect
Bacterial pneumonia
If you see air collecting in the DORSAL aspect of the thoracic cavity
you suspect
Pneumothorax probably due to trauma
This occurs in most performance horses and cannot be detected
unless endoscopy is performed
EIPH
(Exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage)
