Subepiglottic cyst in three foals.
Three foals with chronic cough, bilateral nasal discharge, and pneumonia were found to have a subepiglottic cyst as the inciting cause. Consistent findings were dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia, in addition to the abnormal respiratory noise usually found in the adult horse with a subepiglottic cyst. Histologic examination of the cysts suggested their origin was traumatic rather than embryonic.
D000818:Animals; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004825:Epiglottis; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006736:Horses; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*