Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Chronic chondritis of the arytenoid cartilages in a pony mare.
- Journal:
- Australian veterinary journal
- Year:
- 1984
- Authors:
- MacLean, A A & Robertson-Smith, R G
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A pony mare was having trouble exercising and was making unusual breathing sounds. A special camera was used to look at her throat, revealing that both of her arytenoid cartilages (small structures in the voice box) were swollen and misshapen. Despite surgery to try to improve her breathing, she did not get better, and the condition was confirmed after she passed away. The study also talked about other possible causes for similar breathing issues. Unfortunately, the treatment did not work.
Abstract
The upper respiratory tract of a pony mare with marked exercise intolerance and respiratory stridor was examined with a flexible fibreoptoscope. Both arytenoids were adducted and distorted. A diagnosis of bilateral chondritis of the arytenoids was made and confirmed at autopsy after surgery to enlarge the rima glottidis was unsuccessful. Other space occupying lesions of the rima glottidis are discussed and theories on the aetiology are postulated.
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