title: Nasopharyngeal tooth foreign body in a dog.
abstract: An 8-year-old Shih-tzu dog was presented with a 2-week history of cough and nasal discharge. Upon presentation, the dog had constant open-mouth breathing with stertor and blood-tinged mucopurulent nasal discharge. Oral examination revealed a missing right mandibular second premolar tooth and severe periodontal disease. Computed tomography showed a radiodense, retropharyngeal foreign body. The foreign body was removed using caudal rhinoscopy. The foreign body was the right mandibular second premolar covered by thick calculus.
authors.affiliation: BK21 Basic and Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Diseases and Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Chae-Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hee-Myung
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001641:Bicuspid; D004285:Dogs; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary