title: Clinical findings, rhinoscopy and histological evaluation of 54 dogs with chronic nasal disease.
abstract: Nasal diseases are very common in dogs and rhinoscopy is often required for a definitive diagnosis. Rhinoscopy, while superficial in nature, can guide the clinician to the final diagnosis. In this study, rhinoscopy was performed on 54 dogs with symptoms of chronic nasopharyngeal disease. The endoscopic diagnosis of neoplasia or chronic nasal inflammation was validated with histological examination of pathological samples, in order to evaluate the degree of concordance between endoscopic findings and histological diagnosis. The agreement between endoscopy and histology was tested by application of Cohen's kappa coefficient. We conclude that correlation between endoscopic results and histological diagnosis, expressed by a Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.73, is only possible with a constant cooperation between the clinician and the pathologist.
authors: Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Pietra
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Spinella
authors: Flavio
authors: F
authors: Pasquali
authors: Noemi
authors: N
authors: Romagnoli
authors: Giuliano
authors: G
authors: Bettini
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Spadari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D007558:Italy; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*