Bronchial Vegetal Foreign Bodies in the Dog —Localization in 47 Cases

Abstract

ABSTRACT. In the present work, a retrospective study on the localization of vegetal foreign bodies (VFBs) inside the tracheobronchial tree of 41 dogs is reported. In total, 47 grass awns were found, and only three dogs presented more than one foreign body. Most VFBs were found inside right bronchial ramifications (76.6%, no. 36), while 23.4% (no. 11) were found inside the ventrocaudal branch of the left cranial lobar bronchus. The impossibility of predicting the location and the concomitant presence of more than one foreign body in a single patient are conditions that impose the need for careful evaluation of the whole bronchial tree in all cases.

Computed tomographic findings in 44 dogs and 10 cats with grass seed foreign bodies

“…It is unclear why affected cats should be significantly older than affected dogs in the present series. The inclusion of six retrievers and six springer spaniels in the present series is consistent with previous reports in which hunting dogs have been well represented (Lotti & Niebauer , Schultz & Zwingenberger , Cerquetella et al ).…”

“…Grass seed migration is a well‐recognised problem in dogs and cats (Brennan and Ihrke , Crha et al ). Grass spikes, spikelets and individual florets (which contain the grass seed) may be retrieved from many sites, including the ears, eyes, nose, brain, vertebral canal, thorax, abdomen, retroperitoneum, subcutaneous tissues and paws (Johnston & Summers , Brennan & Ihrke , Lotti & Niebauer , Aronson & Gregory , Frendin , Frendin et al , Demetroiu et al , Rooney & Monnet , Crha et al , Hopper et al , Dennis et al , Granger et al , Dembovska et al , Baglietto et al , Weinmann et al , Cerquetella et al , Marvel & MacPhail , Bouabdallah et al , Linon et al , Tinterrud et al ). In many cases, septic inflammation occurs as a result of infection by various bacteria that are carried by the seed, particularly Actinomyces or Nocardia spp.…”

Penetrating palpebral grass awn in a dog

“…FBs in subcutaneous and underlying soft tissue structures in animals are a common problem, especially in pets [3,4,6,10,14] and represent a diagnostic challenge [1,2,17,22,23].…”

“…The clinical syndromes produced by grass awn migration are varied as evidenced by the numerous locations in which the awn may lodge and the resultant clinical manifestation produced [2]. Within the eye, grass awns usually lodge in the conjunctiva or nictitating membrane [2,21], while more, in general, grass awns usually lodge in the external ear canal, causing, in some cases, the rupture of the tympanic membrane, or in interdigital spaces, causing draining tracts; grass awns could also be frequently found in the respiratory and also in the thoracic cavity [17][18][19][21][22][23][24].…”

Yavru Bir Köpekte Bronşial Yabancı Cisim [Zeytin Çekirdeği]

“…The most common ones are grass inflorescences that these foreign bodies migrate from trachea to the pulmonary parenchyma [1] . Although radiology and the other advanced techniques present diagnose of the foreign bodies [1,3,4] , bronchoscopy is the best of all for diagnoses and removal of the foreign bodies [1] instead of the invasive approach by thoracotomy plus bronchotomy reported [2] . This letter reports to olive pit as an inhaled novel foreign body and its removal from the left main bronchus by bronchoscopy.…”