Bilateral hypoplasia of the soft palate and aryepiglottic entrapment in a horse.
Endoscopic examination of a 7-year-old gelding with weight loss indicated a palatal defect with a prominent tissue mass at the caudomedial margin of the defect. At necropsy, the condition was determined to be bilateral hypoplasia of the soft palate.
J J
JJ
Bertone
J L
JL
Traub-Dargatz
G W
GW
Trotter
D000818:Animals; D001193:Arytenoid Cartilage / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology