title: Primary distension of the guttural pouch lateral compartment secondary to empyema.
abstract: A 6-year-old, 420-kg quarter horse gelding was presented with a 2-month history of difficulty swallowing and dyspnea. The horse was diagnosed with a right guttural pouch empyema with many large chondroids. Two surgeries were required to completely remove all the chondroids from what proved to be a primary distension of the guttural pouch lateral compartment.
authors.affiliation: Kipling Veterinary Clinic, Saskatchewan.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Baptiste
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Naylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002369:Castration; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D004653:Empyema / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000473:pathology*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery