Imaging Diagnosis-Equine Nasal Septal Thickening Due To Chronic Chondritis

SHARMA A, THOMPSON MS, SCHNABEL LV, et al.

Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2010;51:65-68.

We describe the use of computed tomography (CT) in a 6-year-old mare with upper airway obstruction due to an abnormally thick nasal septum. Upon CT imaging, multifocal, expansile cyst-like lesions were detected in the nasal septum. The histopathologic diagnosis was chronic dissecting chondritis. Resection of the abnormal nasal septum resulted in resolution of the clinical signs.