Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
CT and X-ray signs of zygomatic arch changes in a Thoroughbred
By Conradie, Marius et al.·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2022·Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Radiographic and CT features of zygomatic arch pneumatization in a Thoroughbred with a recurrent progressive ethmoid hematoma.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old Thoroughbred gelding was brought in for facial swelling and mild bleeding from one nostril. This horse had previously undergone surgery for a progressive ethmoid hematoma, which is a type of growth in the nasal cavity. A CT scan revealed a large mass in the sinus area that had returned and was affecting the surrounding bone. The veterinarians performed surgery to remove the mass again after confirming it was indeed the same type of growth.
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Abstract
A 7-year-old Thoroughbred gelding presented with a history of mild unilateral right-sided epistaxis and facial swelling over the right caudal maxillary sinus and zygomatic arch. Eleven months previously a progressive ethmoid hematoma had been surgically removed from the right caudal maxillary and conchofrontal sinus. Computed tomography identified a large expansile soft-tissue attenuating mass in the right caudal maxillary sinus, with protrusion into the conchofrontal sinus, that extended into the zygomatic arch. Lytic expansion and thinning of the cortex with pneumatization of the zygomatic arch was present. The mass was surgically excised after a biopsy had confirmed the recurring progressive ethmoid hematoma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34637560/