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**Guttural pouch empyema

**Guttural pouch empyema

**100% morbidity; 5% mortality

**100% morbidity; 5% mortality

**Death can occur from pneumonia, breathing difficulties from swollen lymph nodes or [[Muscles Degenerative - Pathology#Ischaemia|purpura haemorrhagica]](an immune-mediated disease)

**Death can occur from pneumonia, breathing difficulties from swollen lymph nodes or [[Muscle Ischaemia|purpura haemorrhagica]](an immune-mediated disease)

**Bastard strangle may occasionally occur, with abscessaation in many organs of the body

**Bastard strangle may occasionally occur, with abscessaation in many organs of the body

**''S. equi'' may be involved in [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Systemic bacterial infections|cutaneous lesions]]

**''S. equi'' may be involved in [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Systemic bacterial infections|cutaneous lesions]]

**Bacteraemia with metastatic abscesses - most often to the mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes, less frequently, other organs such as [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]], kidney and brain can be involved - '''Bastard strangles'''

**Bacteraemia with metastatic abscesses - most often to the mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes, less frequently, other organs such as [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]], kidney and brain can be involved - '''Bastard strangles'''

**Retropharyngeal abscesses can rupture onto the skin of neck or into the guttural pouch resulting in '''[[Guttural Pouch Empyema|guttural pouch empyema]] or chondroid formation''' - carrier state

**Retropharyngeal abscesses can rupture onto the skin of neck or into the guttural pouch resulting in '''[[Guttural Pouch Empyema|guttural pouch empyema]] or chondroid formation''' - carrier state

**[[Muscles Degenerative - Pathology#Ischaemia|'''Purpura haemorrhagica''']]: an acute vasculitis causing urticaria and extensive oedema of ventrum, head and distal limbs

**[[Muscle Ischaemia|'''Purpura haemorrhagica''']]: an acute vasculitis causing urticaria and extensive oedema of ventrum, head and distal limbs

**[[Laryngeal Hemiplegia|Laryngeal hemiplegia]] due to enlarged retropharyngeal lymph nodes

**[[Laryngeal Hemiplegia|Laryngeal hemiplegia]] due to enlarged retropharyngeal lymph nodes

**Compression of cranial nerves

**Compression of cranial nerves