Enteritis
9 month old DSH who has had intermittent diarrhea, lethargy, and a mild fever for 3 weeks. No vomiting. No weight loss. History of eating an ear plug and vomiting it. Rads showed a lot of ingesta throughout GI, with some “truncated gas opacities in small intestine” according to rad report. They thought this was…
Question about setting on Mindray
Hi, I recently took the echo course and I am having some trouble with getting a good setting for echo in cats. I am having to use my C11 on the cats, which I know is not ideal. It has a “cat cardiac” preset, but it is horribly dark and highly contrasty. Is there a…
mass on neck
This is my own 9 year old dog who has developed a firm, non mobile mass on her right neck, just cranial to the larynx. It seems to be growing fairly rapidly. On FNA cytology there was quite a bit of inflammation and necrosis, but also many ” atypical”=”” epithelial=”” cells,=”” some=”” clustered. =”” the=”” pathologist=””…
Lung lesion
Hi, this kitty is an elderly hyperthyroid kitty who is not doing well. On radiograph she had a consolidated lung lobe and some mineralization. On US I saw this lesion, it is about 1.23 cm diameter. She does not have any dyspnea at this time, no signs of CHF. Is this a mass? or granuloma? …
Cystitis/Hematuria
I would like some help on interpreting an US of a cat’s bladder. He has a hx of urinary tract disease and had a PU about 4 or 5 years ago. In the past month he has been treated for dysuria with 2 different antibiotics. Symptoms resolved and recurred on cessation of antibiotics. On this…
Abdominal mass in young cat
This cat came to me for a second opinion on an abdominal mass of a month (at least) duration. The mass is tubular, mid abdomen. The previous vet did a course of prednisone and the patient did initially improve, but then the symptoms recurred. Patient is still eating but vomiting frequently and having diarrhea. No…
Possible ectopic ureter
Hi, this patient is a 3.5 year old mixed breed dog from Turkey, with a lifelong history of urine leakage, even prior to OHE. She also has recurrent UTI (definitely has one at this time). I saw this interesting cystic structure in the bladder, and the left kidney in particular appeared abnormal. I think this…
Right Adrenal?
This is a 15 year old Chinese crested. I can’t tell if this is a right adrenal mass, or something else. I wasn’t able to find the right adrenal but that is not unusual for me. The first two clips are from the suspect area. The third clip is the stomach, and I wonder if…
Ascites
This is a 12 year old male neutered dog with a history of PLN and recurrent UTI’s. He presented for ascites, and the fluid appeared to be a modified transudate. No evidence of pericardial effusion, but he did have some pleural fluid. Albumin normal. Is this possibly carcinomatosis? or is all that just fibrin? The…
Emerging gall bladder mucocele?
This video is from my patient Lucy who came in for a dental today. She has a history of glomerular disease and an adrenal mass. She has recently had a mild increase in ALT. Is this just sludge, or should I start her on ursodiol right away? She is clinically doing as well as she…