Pharyngeal trauma and abscess Flashcards

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pharyngeal trauma and abscess - what causes

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  • balling guns, dose syringes, stomach tubes
  • Careful with a balling gun
  • Course feed or foreign objects
  • Mixed 2° bacterial infections
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Signs of pharyngeal trauma and abscess

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  • INSPIRATORY DYSPNEA
  • Head, neck extension
  • Stridor
  • Painful to palpation
  • Ozena
  • Retropharyngeal LN abscess
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What type of dyspnea with pharyngeal trauma and abscess?

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  • INSPIRATORY
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Dx of pharyngeal trauma

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History
PE 
Painful swelling 
Visual or digital examination of pharynx 
Endoscopy
Radiology
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Treatment for pharyngeal trauma or abscess

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  • Establish drainage
  • Systemic antibiotics
  • NSAIDs
  • Support (fistula, etc.)
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Necrotic laryngitis

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  • Infection of laryngeal mucosa (acute) and/or cartilage (chronic)
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Mucosal infection - acute or chronic (necrotic laryngitis)?

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  • Acute

- Smells like foot rot

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Cartilage infection - acute or chronic (necrotic laryngitis)?

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Chronic

  • White plaque
  • may get swelling or impingement of the arytenoids
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Clinical signs with necrotic laryngitis?

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  • Acute onset - moist painful cough
  • Anorexia, depression, fever
  • Stertorous breathing, inspiratory dyspnea
  • Ozena/halitosis
  • Palpably and visibly enlarged larynx
  • Often aspiration pneumonia and poor doers chronically
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Type of dyspnea with necrotic laryngitis?

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  • Inspiratory
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Who gets necrotic laryngitis?

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Calves 3-24 mo

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Dx of necrotic laryngitis?

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  • History
  • Signalment
  • PE
  • Visualization of lesion
  • Characteristic odor
  • necropsy
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Ddx for necrotic laryngitis

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  • Pharyngeal trauma, abscess, neoplasia
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Necropsy findings of necrotic laryngitis

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  • Impacts arytenoids
  • Vocal processes
  • Mucosa
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Treatment of necrotic laryngitis***

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  • Supportive care
  • PPG
  • Sulfonamides
  • NSAIDs
  • Tracheostomy
  • Surgery
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Pathophysiology of necrotic laryngitis

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  • Upper respiratory tract infection (viral, H. somnus, etc.)
  • Reflex coughing leads to edema, mucosal damage, and ulcers
  • Invasion/infection by F. necrophorum
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Laryngeal papillomatosis - who gets it?

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  • Primarmily feedlot cattle
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Pathophys of laryngeal papillomatosis?

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  • Papovavirus enters via contact ulcers
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Clinical signs of laryngeal papillomatosis

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  • Stertorous breathing

- Coughing

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Diagnosis of laryngeal papillomatosis

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  • PE, biopsy, necropsy
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Differentials for laryngeal papillomatosis

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  • Actinobacillosis
  • Chronic necrotic laryngitis
  • Trauma
  • Abscess, tumors, etc.
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Laryngeal abscess - where does it occur?

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  • Arytenoid cartilages

- Peri-laryngeal abscess

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What is laryngeal abscess a sequela to?

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  • Necrotic laryngitis
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What is abscessation of arytenoid cartilages caused by (i.e. the etiology)?

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  • A. pyogenes

- Trueperella

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Clinical signs of laryngeal abscess

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  • Inspiratory dyspnea**
  • Stertor localized to larynx
  • Extended head and neck
  • Cyanosis, coughing, etc.
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Etiology of other laryngeal abscesses

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  • Grass awns, trauma, secondary to necrotic laryngitis, congenital cavitation in cartilage, hereditary
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Treatment of laryngeal abscess

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  • Limited
  • Salvage
  • Tracheostomy
  • Antimicrobials (?)
  • NSAIDs
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Tracheal edema syndrome - what’s another name?

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  • Honkers
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Who gets acute tracheal edema syndrome?

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  • Heavy feedlot cattle (latter feeding period)
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Theories for tracheal edema syndrome

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  • Not sure
  • Infection
  • Trauma
  • Passive congestion and edema
  • Hypersensitivity reactions
  • Mycotoxins
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Acute tracheal edema vs chronic tracheal edema: who gets?

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Acute: HEAVY feedlot cattle

Chronic: LIGHT feedlot cattle

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Acute tracheal edema vs chronic tracheal edema: when?

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Acute: Sporadic, in summer***

Chronic: sporadic, not seasonal

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Signs of dyspnea in acute tracheal edema syndrome

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  • Acute, inspiratory, open mouth breathing, cyanosis, death from asphyxia
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Primary differentials for tracheal edema syndrome?

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  • Necrotic laryngitis
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Pathophysiology of chronic tracheal edema

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  • History of upper respiratory viral infections like IBR
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Coughing in chronic tracheal edema syndrome

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  • Frequent, deep, non-productive

- Poor doers

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Main dfdx for chronic tracheal edema syndrome

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  • Chronic pneumonia
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Signs of acute tracheal edema

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  • Edema of the dorsal trachea (up to 2 inches thick)
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Signs of chronic tracheal edema

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  • Hyperemia and exudate in the caudal third of the trachea
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Treatment for chronic tracheal edema

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  • NONE
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Treatment for acute tracheal edema

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  • Antimicrobials, NSAIDs, support, tracheostomy, salvage
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Etiology for laryngeal trauma

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  • ropes, chutes, foreign objects, etc.
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Etiology for laryngeal edema

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  • Anaphylaxis, smoke inhalation
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Etiology for laryngeal paralysis

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  • Recurrent laryngeal nerve
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Clinical signs of laryngeal issues in general

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  • Inspiratory dyspnea, stridor, extended head/neck, sensitivity to palpation, etc.
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Treatment for laryngeal issues in general

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  • Variable

Most often supportive care

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Choanal atresia - who gets it?

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  • Crias
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Choanal atresia - cause

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  • Congenital defect with unknown cause
49
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Choanal atresia - what’s the problem?

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  • Blockage between nasal and oral pharynx
  • Partial or complete
  • Soft or osseous
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Clinical signs of choanal atresia

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  • Obligate nasal breathers

- Bilaterally may be puffing cheeks and unable to nurse

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Treatment for choanal atresia

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  • Surgical procedures are attempted but usually not successful
  • Consider genetics (sterilization)