IMAGING TECHNIC OF THE NASAL CAVITIES AND SINUSES

The diagnosis of chronic lesions of the nasal cavities and sinuses in the dog usually requires that an imaging technic should be used. Speci fic radiographic changes may be seen with lesions like: radioopaque fo reign body, Aspergillosis and cancer. Computed tomography is more prec ise, first for the differential diagnosis of these lesions and also fo r a more precise localisation. Tomographic signs of bacterial and fung al rhinitis, rhinitis secondary to a foreign body or to a parondopathy as well as of scancers are presented.