Line 1: Line 1: −
{{review}}
+
#REDIRECT[[:Category:Nasal Cavity - Hyperplastic/Neoplastic Pathology]]
 
  −
{{toplink
  −
|backcolour = D1EEEE
  −
|linkpage =Cardiorespiratory System - Pathology
  −
|linktext =Cardiorespiratory System
  −
|maplink = Cardiorespiratory System (Content Map) - Pathology
  −
|pagetype =Pathology
  −
|sublink1=Nasal Cavity - Pathology
  −
|subtext1=NASAL CAVITY
  −
}}
  −
<br>
  −
[[Image:Fibrosarcoma in rhinarium of cat.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Fibrosarcoma in rhinarium of a cat (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
  −
[[Image:Lymphoma in nasal cavity.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Lymphoma in nasal cavity (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
  −
[[Image:Nasal cavity carcinoma.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Nasal cavity carcinoma (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
  −
 
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Nasal neoplasia in general===
  −
 
  −
*Majority are malignant, locally invasive but do not metastasise
  −
*Usually pale, soft, fleshy or friable
  −
*May be [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology|osteoma or osteosarcoma, chondroma or chondrosarcoma]], fibroma or fibrosarcoma, myxoma or myxosarcoma, haemangioma or haemangiosarcoma, adenoma or adenocarcinoma
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Adenocarcinoma===
  −
 
  −
*Most common in dogs, also sheep
  −
*Glandular acini in layer of cuboidal or columnar epithelium
  −
*Often mucin filled acini
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Transitional cell carcinoma===
  −
 
  −
*Most common in dogs
  −
*Thick stratified layer of cuboidal cells with distinct basement membrane
  −
*Large growth may be separated by fibrovascular septa
  −
*May contain microcysts that could be confused with adenocarcinoma above
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Squamous cell carcinoma===
  −
 
  −
*In cats they arise mainly from nasal vestibule
  −
*In horses they originate mainly from maxillary sinus
  −
*Most common nasal tumour
  −
**Serosanquineous or mucopurulent, odourous nasal discharge
  −
*Tissue necrosis
  −
*May cause airway obstruction or facial distortion
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Olfactory neuroblastoma===
  −
 
  −
*Rare, mainly occurs in cats
  −
*Arises from ethmoturbinates in caudal region of nasal cavity
  −
*May penetrate cribriform plate into cerebral cortex
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Ethmoturbinate tumours (papillomas and adenocarcinomas)===
  −
 
  −
*In horses and other species
  −
*Multiple species may be affected on one premises
  −
*Arising from olfactory cells are endemic in some parts of the world for unknown reason
  −
*May be caused by a virus?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Progressive ethmoidal haematoma===
  −
 
  −
*Slowly expanding non-neoplastic mass of horses
  −
*Originates from submucosa of ethmoidal labyrinth
  −
*Either from nasal or sinusal portion of ethmoid labyrinth
  −
*Unilateral, can extend to nostrils or choanae
  −
*Rarely elsewhere in sinuses
  −
*Expands to nasal cavity, [[Paranasal Sinuses Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology|paranasal sinuses]], [[Nasopharynx Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology|nasopharynx]] causing destruction of tissue
  −
*Micro - haemorrhage, calcification of connective tissue fibres
  −
*[[Aspergillus spp.|''Aspergillus'' spp.]] may be present on the lesion
  −
*May cause [[Respiratory System Clinical Signs - Pathology#Epistaxis|epistaxis]]
  −
*Can recur after surgical excision
  −
*May arise subsequently to [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Chronic rhinitis|chronic inflammation]]
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Nasal polyps===
  −
 
  −
*Polypoid thickening of the inflamed nasal musosa, hyperplastic epithelium
  −
*Pinkish, often pedunculated masses, round, often large and multiple proturberences into the nasal meatus
  −
*Can arise subsequently to [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Chronic rhinitis|chronic inflammation]]
  −
*Old polyps may becoma fibrous
  −
*May recur when excised
  −
*Necessary to distinguish from neoplasia
  −
*Common in cats, less often in dogs, also horses and sheep
  −
*Also see [[Nasal Cavity Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Progressive ethmoidal haematoma|Progressive haematoma]] of horses and [[Nasopharynx Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Nasopharyngeal polyps of cats|Nasopharyngeal polyps]] of cats
  −
 
  −
 
  −
===Nasal and paranasal sinus cysts===
  −
 
  −
*Mimic infection or neoplasms
  −
*Expand and destroy surrounding tissue
  −
*Epithelial capsule with haemorrhagic or yellow fluid
  −
*Do not tend to recur after surgery
 
Author, Donkey, Bureaucrats, Administrators
53,803

edits