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Fat Pad vs Mass on the right auricle

Sonopath Forum

Sonopath Forum

Fat Pad vs Mass on the right auricle

Hi everyone,

Just needed second opinon on this nodule whether you think it could be a mass or a fat pad. I’m leaning more towards a fat pad given the ‘smoothness’ of the nodule, however, it could potentially be part of the tricuspid valve as well.

Hi everyone,

Just needed second opinon on this nodule whether you think it could be a mass or a fat pad. I’m leaning more towards a fat pad given the ‘smoothness’ of the nodule, however, it could potentially be part of the tricuspid valve as well.

Cat is a diabetic 15 year old burmese that presented with dyspnoea and lethargy. No heart murmur auscultated. Thoracic radiographs showed increase opacity/alveolar-intersitital pattern in the cranial and mid lung lobes bilaterally. There was a pleural fissure line observed on the right hand side suggesting mild pleural effusion.

Echocardigraphic study performed had normal measurements on the Left ventricle except for (subjective) enlargement in the right atrium and ventricle. No tricuspid insufficiency was observed on Doppler. Pulmonary outlfow was normal velocity and laminar.

 

Comments

EL
February 9, 2016 at 1:16 pm -

I see some remodeling of th

I see some remodeling of th emyocardium but no masses. Old cat hearts get echogenic remodeling of the myocardium. Heart based tumors are rare in cats but do happen. Not sure of the  view you have here but if you have a short axis heart based view or a position 3 in the SDEP protocol that would be best to see the right auricle form the outside in which is what its designed for… rule out masses there.

For sdep echo see this

https://sonopath.com/products/downloadable

and poster here

https://sonopath.com/products/poster

and normals DVD here for the views and efficiency clips

https://sonopath.com/products/cd

 

 

 

lookpris
February 10, 2016 at 6:35 am -

Hi Eric,
apologies in my bad

Hi Eric,

apologies in my bad scanning technique! Hahaha! It’s suppose to be the left parasternal long axis view of the right auricle. 

EL
February 11, 2016 at 5:21 am -

No worries I always say ..

No worries I always say .. “If you find a beating heart then thats a start.:)”

 

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