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COMPUTEDTOMOGRAPHYCHARACTERISTICSOFEQUINEPARANASALSINUSCYSTS-ACASESERIESJ.Ostrowska,T.T´oth,L.Lindstr¨om,K.Hansson,M.Uhlhorn,C.J.Ley.FromtheUniversityAnimalHospital(Ostrowska,T´oth,Uhlhorn),DepartmentofClinicalSciences(Hansson,Ley),andDepartmentofBiomedicalSciencesandVeterinaryPublicHealth,SwedishUni-versityofAgriculturalSciences,UppsalaSE-75007,Sweden(Lindstr¨om).Introduction/Purpose:Differentiatingparanasalsinuscysts(PSC)fromotherparanasalsinusdiseasesinhorsesbasedondiagnosticimagingischallenging.TheaimofthisstudywastoidentifythepatternofCTfeatures,typicalforPSC,byretrospectivecomparisontootherdiseasesoftheequineparanasalsinuses. Methods:NineCTscansofeighthorses(diseasereoccurredafter1yearinonehorse)withtypicalsurgicalappearanceofPSC(sevenconfimedwithhistopathology)wereretrospectivelyre-viewed(group-1).Imagingfndingswerecomparedtoagroupof11horseswithparanasalsinusdiseaseofotherorigin(twoneoplasia,sevenchronicsinusits/granuloma,twopro-gressiveethmoidhematoma),withallhorsesinthisgrouphavingsurgery/necropsyandculture/histopathologyconfimationofthediagnosis(group-2).Thirteenofthehorsesre-ceivedcontrast;IVIohexol300mgI/ml,20ml/s,400ml/horse,scannedapproximately2and7minpostcontrast.MeanHounsfielUnits(HU)valuesofthesofttissue/fluidensitylesionswereobtainedforthreeregionsofinterestinthreedifferentslices.Studentt-testforindependentsamples,P

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Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound
2016, volume: 57, number: 6, pages: 654-654
Publisher: Wiley

Conference

2016 European Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging conference

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UKÄ Subject classification

Clinical Science

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/80638