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Chapter 99 - Part D: Tumor, Fungus, or Inflammation: The Big Three Causes
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In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 99 — Nasal Planum, Nasal Cavity, and Sinuses by solving the #1 reason chronic nasal cases drag on forever:
People treat the symptom instead of the category.
Tobias Chapter 99 makes the framework brutally simple: most chronic nasal disease lives in three buckets — and your job is to sort the patient into the right bucket before you chase a microscopic diagnosis.
Tumor. Fungus. Inflammation.
You’ll learn:
- The core rule: categorize first, diagnose second
- Why clinical signs overlap (discharge, sneezing, stertor, epistaxis can mean any bucket)
- Tumor profile: older dogs, progressive/unilateral signs, locally invasive destruction
- Fungus profile: dogs = Aspergillus, cats = Cryptococcus, turbinate destruction + epistaxis
- Inflammation profile: lymphoplasmacytic/idiopathic rhinitis is common and often a diagnosis of exclusion
- Pattern clues (not diagnoses): unilateral → focal, bilateral → diffuse; facial deformity raises tumor suspicion
- The non-negotiables: CT + rhinoscopy + biopsy (cultures alone waste time)
Bottom line: If you can sort the bucket, you stop wasting months.
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