The causes of pharyngeal disorders are diverse. Pharyngeal abnormaliti
es include mucoceles, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, abscess, soft palate d
efects, dysphagias, tumors, and non-neoplastic proliferative diseases
such as epulides, viral papillomatosis, canine oral eosinophilic granu
lomas, feline plasmas cell stomatitis-pharyngitis, and nasopharyngeal
polyps. Clinical features and approaches to diagnosis and management o
f the disorders are discussed.