Multifocal bullous emphysema with concurrent bronchial hypoplasia in two aged Afghan hounds.
Multiple scattered foci of bullous emphysema were detected in the lungs of two aged Afghan Hounds. The affected parenchyma contained bronchi with rudimentary cartilage and small smooth muscle bundles. The bronchi were generally lined by cuboidal epithelium. The animals were generally asymptomatic throughout their entire lives. One, the female, developed dyspnoea and tachypnoea terminally, following the rupture of two bullae.
Anderson
W I
WI
Department of Pathology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853.
King
J M
JM
Flint
T J
TJ
D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*