Endoscopic diagnosis and management of an unusual nasal foreign body in a mare

Occurrence of intra-nasal foreign bodies is uncommon in horses. This report describes -for the first time- a case of a 4-year-old Arabian-cross mare with unilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge, epistaxis and exercise intolerance due to intra-nasal foreign body. Clinical signs, radiography and endos...

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Autor principal: Shawaf, Turke M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30255054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijvsm.2017.05.002
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description Occurrence of intra-nasal foreign bodies is uncommon in horses. This report describes -for the first time- a case of a 4-year-old Arabian-cross mare with unilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge, epistaxis and exercise intolerance due to intra-nasal foreign body. Clinical signs, radiography and endoscopic examination confirmed the presence of a tooth fragment (foreign body) embedded in the ventral valve of the left nasal cavity. The foreign body was successfully removed using alligator forceps under endoscopic guidance.
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spelling pubmed-61378352018-09-25 Endoscopic diagnosis and management of an unusual nasal foreign body in a mare Shawaf, Turke M. Int J Vet Sci Med Case Report Occurrence of intra-nasal foreign bodies is uncommon in horses. This report describes -for the first time- a case of a 4-year-old Arabian-cross mare with unilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge, epistaxis and exercise intolerance due to intra-nasal foreign body. Clinical signs, radiography and endoscopic examination confirmed the presence of a tooth fragment (foreign body) embedded in the ventral valve of the left nasal cavity. The foreign body was successfully removed using alligator forceps under endoscopic guidance. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University 2017-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6137835/ /pubmed/30255054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijvsm.2017.05.002 Text en © 2017 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Endoscopic diagnosis and management of an unusual nasal foreign body in a mare
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137835/
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