The localization of the larvae of the nostril fly (Cephenemyia trompe L) in the pharynx of reindeer in an earlier unknown tonsil tissue
Authors: Rehbinder Claes , Nordkvist Magnus 
Published: February 2013

<p>The localization of the larvae of the reindeer nostril fly (Cephenemyia trompe L) in the pharynx was investigated in 21 reindeer, 11 months old, during April, and in 5 animals during November. In reindeer, without the presence of larvae, no preformed pharyngeal pouch was found at the predilection site, dorsomedially in the pharynx, but an unpaired tronsil, tentatively named Tonsilla pharyngis dorso-medialis. In 12 of the animals investigated during April, a puch containing larvae of C. trompe was found at the predilection site, i.e. the site of the dorsomedially located tonsil. Histologically remnants of tonsil tissue was present at the opening of the pouch. In 3 animals a pouch, containing larvae, was found in the left lateral wall and in 2 animals in the right lateral wall of the pharynz between the opening of Tuba auditiva and the tonsil. In one animal 2 pouches were found, one in the tonsil tissue and one located in the right lateral wall of pharynx. In serial sections from two animals investigated during November, 1 :st instar larvae of Cephenomyia trompe were found in the crypts of the tonsills. The fact that the tonsil tissue is a predilection site for C. trompe larvae may be due to the mechanical protection the 1st instar larvae can find in the crypts. Larvae may, however, also attach to other parts of the pharyngeal mucosa. During their development the larvae penetrate the mucosa forming a pouch. The wall of this pouch consists of a naked acute granulation tissue heavily infiltrated with eosinophilic leucocytes. In connection with the healing process, starting when the larvae have left, a pouch may remain, characterized by walls of chronic granulation tissue covered by a mucous membrane. This pouch could well be misinterpreted as a preformed pouch.</p><p>Lokalisationen av svalgkormflugans (Cephenemyia trompe L) larver i svalget p&aring; ren i en tidigare ok&auml;nd tonsillv&auml;vnad (Tonsilla pharyngis dorso-medialis).</p><p>Abstract in Swedish / Sammanfattning: Lokalisationen av svalgkormflugans (Cephenemyia trompe L) larver i svalget p&aring; ren unders&oslash;ktes. Resultaten av undersokningen visade att n&aring;gon preformerad svalgficka inte forekommer hos ren, utan att p&aring; den plats d&aring;r fickor inneh&aring;llande larver vanligtvis p&aring;visas &aring;r bel&aring;gen en oparig tonsillv&aring;vnad, forslagsvis kallad Tonsillapbaryngis dorsomedialis. Hos djur infekterade med svalgkormlarver forel&aring;g i april de fiesta fickbildningarna i anslutning till tonsillv&aring;vnaden men fickor forekom ocks&aring; hoger- och v&aring;nstersidigt i svalgslemhinnan. I ett fall p&aring;visades tv&aring; fickor, en i tonsillv&aring;vnaden och en hogersidigt i svalgslemhinnan. Fickornas v&aring;gg utgjordes vid denna &aring;rstid av en akut ej slemhinneforsedd granulationsv&aring;vnad rikligt infiltrerad med eosinofila leukocyter. Hos novemberrenarna p&aring;visades lsta stadiets larver av C. trompe i tonsillens kryptor. Hos en &aring;ldre ren forel&aring;g omedelbart vid sidan av tonsillen en fickbildning, vars v&aring;gg besto av kronisk granulationsv&aring;vnad bekl&aring;dd med slemhinna. Tonsillv&aring;vnadens roll som predilektionsplats for larvernas utveckling diskuteras.</p>