Clinical Signs, Treatment, and Outcome in 15 Cattle With Sinonasal Cysts

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of cattle with sinonasal cysts. Study Design: Case series. Animals: Cattle (n = 15). Methods: Medical records (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011) of cattle with a fluid-filled mass in the nasal cavity, conchae, and/or paranasal sinuses were evaluated. Data retrieved and analyzed were reason of presentation, clinical signs, diagnostic techniques, surgical treatment, complications, and outcome. Results: Common presenting clinical signs were abnormal respiratory noise, nasal discharge, and abnormal respiratory effort. Mean age of affected cattle was 21.7 months. In 9 animals, cysts were identified by endoscopy. Radiographic signs included a mass in the paranasal sinuses or conchae (13), nasal septum deviation (12), fluid lines (10), and bone atrophy (5). Ten cattle were treated surgically with osteoplastic flap techniques to gain access to the frontal or maxillary sinus (5), nasal extraction of the cyst under endoscopic control (3) or a combination of both techniques (2). Nine cattle returned to be productive members of their herd and had no recurrence (mean follow-up, 20.7 months). Conclusions: Sinonasal cysts should be considered as a primary differential diagnosis in cattle with abnormal respiratory noise, particularly in younger animals. Multiple cysts were common, which underlines the importance of a thorough preoperative examination using appropriate imaging modalities. Despite the often expansive nature of sinonasal cysts, the prognosis with surgical treatment was good.

Paranasal sinus cysts in the horse: Complications related to their presence and surgical treatment in 37 cases

“…Although still debated, full extirpation has been considered mandatory, since recurrence of partially removed cysts is likely [1][2][3]17,23]. In the present series, recurrence of the cyst occurred in 19% of cases (7/37).…”

T-cell lymphoma in the nasal cavity of a Brown Swiss heifer

“…Nasal stertor, abnormal head contour in the area of the right eye and lacrimation were indications of a lesion in the right nasal cavity, most likely a neoplasm or sinonasal cysts. The latter are common in young cattle [ 11 ] but facial deformation is not typical. Nasal stertor is usually accompanied by inspiratory dyspnoea in cattle with sinonasal cysts.…”

“…All of the reported cattle with nasal tumours had dyspnoea and stertorous breathing sounds that originated from the nasal cavity. Sinonasal cysts must be ruled out in young cattle with these clinical signs [ 11 ]. To our knowledge, there have been no reports of lymphoma of the nasal cavity, conchae, ethmoid and nasopharynx in cattle except for one case of lymphosarcoma of the frontal sinus, which expanded into the caudodorsal part of the nasal cavity in a cow [ 12 ].…”

Sphenoid sinus in the Holstein cow: A sectional and 3D reconstructive anatomical study

“…In cattle, upper respiratory diseases have been documented (Braun et al, 2015;Constable et al, 2016;Nuss et al, 2011;Schmid et al, 2014). However, the connection between these diseases and the sphenoid sinus remains undetermined.…”