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2 year old female Yorkshire Terrier

November 7, 2019 By Allison Zwingenberger

Today’s case is a 2-year-old female Yorkshire Terrier that presented to emergency in respiratory distress. Take a look and post your interpretations.

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Findings

This study consists of 3 whole body projections and 2 projections of the neck. On the neck projections, there is a soft tissue mass ventral to the larynx that is causing dorsal displacement of the ventral laryngeal wall. This in turn is causing marked narrowing of the laryngeal lumen. In the thorax, the projections are moderately obliqued. However, the cardiopulmonary structures appear within normal limits.
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Differential Diagnosis

Laryngeal swelling with airway obstruction.
  • abscess
  • trauma

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Diagnosis

An airway examination showed a severely swollen and discolored left arytenoid cartilage. A fine needle aspirate of the external mass contained degenerate neutrophils consistent with an abscess. Both arytenoids were in spasm with obstruction of air flow. Two foxtails were removed from the vaginal vault. The laryngeal abscess was presumed to be due to a migrating foreign body (grass awn).

Filed Under: Canine, Case of the Day, Musculoskeletal, Radiographs

Comments

  1. Lola. Song says

    February 4, 2020 at 9:43 am

    Is the heart not tall on lateral projection? And why is the heart looking weird on V/D? Looked like a rounded apex+ reverse D shape?

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