Value of US in diagnosing the cause of melena/hematochezia

Value of US in diagnosing the cause of melena/hematochezia

I just want to ask that how much US can be helpful in the diagnosis of Melena. If there is blood in the stomach and intestines, the mucosal lesions can be easitly missed (my opinion only not sure if it is right or not). Or is it an endoscopy diagnosis?.

Is it gastric ulcer

Three-year-old female spayed Shih Tzu was presented with acute onset of vomiting at 2AM on Sunday. The dog vomitted about 20 times before presentation. In the last few vomits, the owner observed some fresh blood also. There was no blood in the vomitus initially. Dog was comfortable on abdominal palpation. CRT was nomal and there…

Where does the tircuspid valve appear in the apical view

I have purchased the SDEP Echo and I am practicing the echo positions. I am getting confused with the apical view. When Dr Erric shows the apical view technique, the MV appears on the left side of the screen. The book shows tricuspid valve on the left side of the screen and also one of…

Hypoplastic annulus

I am having trouble diagnosing hypoplastic annulus in case of pulmonic stenosis. I mean what is the criteria to say that this is a normal annulus and this is a hypoplastic annulus

11-year-old dog with dysuria

11-year-old intact male Daschund was presented with the complain of dysurina. US of the abdomen revealed urinary bladder cystoliths and cystic prostatomegaly. But there seems to be a normal prostate also left and can be seen in one of the videos. It looks like the cystic prostate is attached to the normal prostate. The dysuria…

4-month old kitten with hyperbilirubinemia and pneumonia

A 4-month-old male DSH was presented for anorexia and lethargy. On PE, moderate dyspnoea was observed and pyrexia of 40.1. X-Rays revealed mild congestion on the right and left lung proximal to the heart On US, it showed shred sign in the consolidated regions, thus confirming pneumonia Blood work revealed ALT 255 and TBIL 2.1….

Derma cases

Can the dermatology cases be also posted in this forum? Thanks

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