Renal artery/vein Dilation with turbulence
Hi everyone, Wanted a second opinon on a case I did. 1 year old, male neutered, whippet presented with pyexia of unknown origin. Bloods pending. Ultrasound revealed hypoechoic rounded jejunal and mesenteric lymph nodes. Cytology pending. I noticed the left renal vessels were more prominent than usual with turbulence however, no masses or thrombus was…
Mass vs Thrombus vs Endocarditis on Tricuspid Valve?
Hi everyone, 13 year old male desexed Kelpie with grade 4/6 heart murmur. ECG showed atrial fibrillation. Dog is tachycardic (ave 180bpm) and is currently on pimobendin. Dog has terrible dental disease and was initially booked in for a dental clean however Owner reports lethargy. No coughing, no pyrexia, no bloods were done. Echocardiographic study…
Hepatic arteriovenous fistula?? Hepatic microvascular dysplasia??
Hi everyone! Ive got an interesting case: 21 week old Lhasa Apso with history of chronic diarrhoea and vomiting. Was presented with lethargy, anorexia, poor body condition and an abdomen full of fluid. Unfortunately there was not much liver left. The portal vein was severely dilated. Turbulence was observed on colour Doppler. My colleague reports…
PDA or other differentials?
Hi there, I’ve never diagnosed a PDA before and was needing some help and guidance. 4 year entire male, schnauzer. Owner had recently adopted dog from breeder. Breeder mentioned dog always had a murmur but nothing was done to investigate it. Physical examination auscultated a machinery murmur, point of maximal intensity is located on the…
Gall Bladder Mass vs Mucocele
Hi everyone, I might have my first ever case of gall bladder mass but because it is so rare i’m still doubting myself. 8 year old, male neutered Maltese. This was a classic hyperadrenocorticism dog; pendulous abdomen, polyuria, polydipsia and calcinosis cutis. Ultrasound confirmed bilateral adrenomegaly. When scanning the gall bladder, I assumed mucocele at…
Subnormal right kidney, loss of corticomedullary definition with haematuria
Hi guys, Just wanted a second opinion on this kidney. 10 year old male neutered domestic shorthair came in for dental prophylaxis. Incidental finding of haematuria on urinalysis, no clinical signs. Haematuria persisted after 2 weeks. Urinalysis showed USG: 1.049, PH: 6 Protein 2+, Blood 4+ and no growth after 48 hours. Blood work was…
Tricuspid dysplasia, mildly enlarged Left atrium
Hi everyone, need some help on this case. 3 year old, male desexed greyhound with 4/6 mumur. No clinical signs, no ascites. Echocardiogram was requested as hoping to get this dog rehomed. The Echocardiogram seems to indicated tricuspid dysplasia. However, there are mild changes on the measurements; enlarged atrium, decreased LVIDd, decrease LVPWd and low…
8 mth old cat with severe dilation of the RA and RV.
8 mth old cat desexed 2 days ago, no heart murmur and bloods unremarkable. However, prolonged recovery post op, became dyspneic and started showing ‘neurologcal signs’ after surgery. incidental finding of a severely enlarged RV amd RA during abdominal scan. TV was hardly moving and the CVC was severely distended.
Significance of low fractional shortening for pulmonic stenosis?
1yr old FS Bull mastiff Diagnosed with mild pulmonic stenosis at 8 weeks of age. No clinical signs, LA normal, PA inflow vel ~3m/s, PA regurg vel ~ 1.9m/s, normal EPSS FS is however decreased at 19%, last FS measured at 8 weeks old was 31% I’ve just started learning about echo, am unsure how…
Significance of low fractional shortening for pulmonic stenosis?
1yr old FS Bull mastiff Diagnosed with mild pulmonic stenosis at 8 weeks of age. No clinical signs, LA normal, PA inflow vel ~3m/s, PA regurg vel ~ 1.9m/s, normal EPSS FS is however decreased at 19%, last FS measured at 8 weeks old was 31% I’ve just started learning about echo, am unsure how…