Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Persistent right aortic arch in a yearling horse.
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 1998
- Authors:
- Butt, T D et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Anesthesiology · Canada
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 14-month-old female horse was found to have a problem called a persistent right aortic arch, which caused her esophagus to be too wide and not work properly. She had been suffering from a long-term throat infection and was experiencing issues with breathing because she was often regurgitating her food before it was noticed that she was having trouble swallowing. This situation is quite rare because usually, the swallowing problems are recognized first. The treatment details and outcome are not provided in the abstract, so we can't say how she responded to any treatment.
Abstract
A 14-month-old filly with chronic pharyngitis was diagnosed with incomplete esophageal constriction and megaesophagus due to a persistent right aortic arch. This report is unusual because clinical signs of respiratory dysfunction secondary to chronic regurgitation occurred prior to the recognition of dysphagia.
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