Surgical drainage of a submandibular air sac in an orangutan.
Continuous enlargement of a submandibular air sac was observed in a 7-year-old female orangutan. The animal was treated with tetracycline orally prior to administering phencyclidine and establishing surgical drainage. The incision into the air sac remained patent for 5 days and the cutaneous wound healed 2 weeks later.
D000818:Animals; D004322:Drainage / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D015186:Hominidae; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007830:Larynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology