Main description:

This atlas provides a step-by-step manual in using the video-oto-endoscope (VOE) as a tool to study ear diseases in cats and dogs. Illustrated by numerous high-resolution images and case studies, the book explains in a highly accessible manner when and how to use VOE. It teaches how to differ between a normal and a pathological animal ear and guides the reader in diagnosing a particular disease. The book's main section provides in-depth information on causes, clinical picture, and imaging of ear diseases such as acute otitis externa, chronic otitis externa, and otitis media in small animals. Moreover, the atlas introduces technical fundamentals of the instrument and gives tips for its correct handling and cleaning. Further, readers are instructed on how to best prepare the animal patient for examination by VOE.

The atlas addresses veterinary practitioners and veterinary technicians who are interested in performing otological examinations in cats and dogs.

Contents:

ForewordPreface

Glossary

Index

1. Technical information of the Video-oto-endoscope

a. Instruments

b. Cleaning and mantenance

c. Otoendoscopy operative procedure

i. Diagnostic examinations with VOE

1. Ear cytology (cotton swab, fine needle aspiration)

2. Middle ear collection by myringotomy (for microbiology and cytology)

3. Neoformations biopsy

ii. External Ear cleaning with VOE

iii. Miringotomy with VOE

iv. Middle Ear cleaning with VOE

2. Patient preparation

3. Indications of VOE in canine and feline ear diseases:

a. Ear anatomy

i. External ear canal

ii. Ear drum

iii. Middle ear

b. Congenital diseases

i. Ear canal atresia and malformations

c. Acquired diseases

i. Acute otitis externa

1. Causes:

a. Allergic skin diseases

i. Erythematous otitis

b. Ectoparasitic diseases

c. Foreign bodies

d. Neoformations

i. Canine and Feline inflammatory polyps

ii. Canine ear canal benign neoplasia

e. Secondary infections (bacteria and yeasts)

i. Ceruminous otitis

ii. Exudative otitis

iii. Ulcerated otitis

ii. Chronic otitis externa

1. Causes:

a. Allergic skin diseases

b. Ectoparasitic diseases

c. Foreign bodies

d. Neoformations

i. Apocrine cystomatosis

ii. Feline adenocarcinoma

iii. Feline squamocell carcinoma

iv. Canine ear polipoid glands hyperplasia

v. Canine ceruminous gland adenoma

vi. Canine ceruminous gland adenocarcinoma

vii. Rare neoplasia

e. Secondary infections (bacteria and yeasts)

i. Ceruminous otitis

ii. Exudative otitis

iii. Ulcerated otitis

iii. Otitis media

1. Causes:

a. Evolution from exudative/ceruminous otitis externa

b. Primary Secretory Otitis Media (PSOM)

c. Neoformations

i. Canine and feline inflammatory polyps

ii. Cholesteatoma

iii. Neoplasia