title: Removal of inspissated purulent exudate from the ventral conchal sinus of three standing horses.
abstract: Primary paranasal sinusitis, complicated by inspissated purulent exudate in a ventral conchal sinus, was diagnosed in 3 horses. Partial nasal obstruction, caused by axial deviation of the ventral concha, was detected endoscopically in 2 of the horses. A mass, dorsal to the maxillary molars, was detected via a lateral radiographic view of the skull of 3 horses and on the dorsoventral view of 1 of the horses. Inspissated purulent exudate was removed from the ventral conchal sinus of the horses via trephination of the conchofrontal sinus and penetration of the caudal wall of the ventral conchal sinus. The procedure was performed with the horses standing and sedated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, Texas Veterinary Medical Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4475.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Crossland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000662:veterinary; D014207:Trephining / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D010402:Penicillin G Procaine