head and neck

Question 1

lip fold pyoderma common in what breeds

Answer 1

pendulous lipped breeds - spaniels, setters, retrievers

Question 2

location of lip fold pyoderma

Answer 2

just caudal to canine teeth - foul odor and painful

Question 3

labial avulsion

Answer 3

usually the lower lip
shearing trauma
avulses along mucogingival line leaving very little soft tissue for reattachment

suture reconstruction for maxillary lesions

suture often fails on lower lip because of weigh, edema, and stress when eating or drinking

Question 4

suture pattern that apposes lip margin well

Answer 4

figure eight

Question 5

start suturing here to avoid step deformity

Answer 5

lip margin

Question 6

fever, depression, painful salivary glands

Answer 6

sialadentitis

Question 7

nonpainful, bilateral enlargement of mandibular gland and occasionally zygomatic

Answer 7

sialadenosis

Question 8

4 main salivary glands of canine

Answer 8

parotid
mandibular
sublingual
zygomatic

cats also have a molar salivary gland *

Question 9

on physical exam - non painful fluctuant swelling

Answer 9

suspect mucocele

Question 10

on physical exam - swollen and enlarged gland

Answer 10

primary gland disorder

Question 11

most common disease of the salivary system in dogs andcats

Answer 11

mucocele

Question 12

what is a mucocele

Answer 12

accumulation of saliva within a nonepithelial, nonsecretory lining

soft nonpainful swelling

Question 13

most common salviary gland affected

Answer 13

sublingual

Question 14

most common presentation

Answer 14

cervical mucocele

Question 15

ranula

Answer 15

sublingual swelling

Question 16

can cause resp distress and dysphagia

Answer 16

pharyngeal mucocele

Question 17

clinical signs are consistent with retrobulbar disease

Answer 17

zygomatic mucocele

Question 18

zygomatic mucocele clinical signs

Answer 18

exophthalmos
protrusion of 3rd eyelid
subconjunctival saliva

Question 19

definiteive tx mucocele

Answer 19

remove involved gland

Question 20

salvage procedure that does not treat the cause

Answer 20

marsupialization

Question 21

what two glands are closely associated and commonly removed together

Answer 21

sublingual and mandibular

Question 22

good landmark when removing sublingual and mandibular glands

Answer 22

lingual nerve

Question 23

T/F

both the involed salivary gland and the mucocele need reomved

Answer 23

false - the mucocele does not need removed – just drain the contents and remove the involved gland and it will go away

Question 24

trauma/rupture of parotid duct

Answer 24

parotid sialocele/fistula

Question 25

how to treat parotid sialocele/fistula

Answer 25

ligate the parotid duct proximal to the defect and the fistula will atrophy