FIP?
– severely cachectic cat age unknown but likely a senior, MN Devon Rex x – bloodwork moderate anemia, neutrophilia, T4 and biochem wnl; fecal test negative for parasites – profuse, foul smelling diarrhea, no vomiting and eating Recovery moist diet – u/s: trace effusion, bilaterally enlarged (5cm) kidneys with hyperechoic cortices, enlarged jejunal LN’s –…
Pancreatitis?
– 2 year old FS, 21kg Shephard/Husky X presented for extreme lethargy, decreased appetite – no vomiting/diarrhea – had been passing normal stool; no history FB ingestion – pyrexic, dehydrated and pain elicited when cranial abdomen palpated – bloodwork unremarkable – mild lymphopenia cPLI wnl; urinalysis showed 2+ blood(cysto collection), SG 1,050 – liver, kidneys,…
Cat liver mass
– 13 year MN DSH (my receptionist’s cat) history of unexplained weight loss – otherwise asymptomatic; bloodwork, urine unremarkable – resorptive lesion that requires tooth extraction – approx 4x6cm hypoechoic/mixed echogenic mass in left liver possibly only involving one lobe – rest of liver looks normal as well as rest of scan (no effusion, lymphdenopathy)…
Chronic Vomting 10 month old Lab
– 10 month old FS Labrador Retriever with a 6 week history of chronic intermittent vomting and weight loss; she is otherwise happy and eating – vomits both stomach bile and food – bloodwork unremarkable; fecal testing negative; x-rays normal (esopahagus normal) – ultrasound showed a thickened stomach wall as you scanned toward the pyrloric…
multiple myelolipomas?
– images of the spleen of an 11 year FS Lab x with history of urinary incontinence and renal failure – these irregular, hyperechoic nodules were diffusely located throughout the spleen Could these just be multiple myelolipomas (I have never seen so many) or should I be biopsying this spleen?
Atrial Fib Heart Case
– 9 year old FS Collie X wt. 30kg present about 3 weeks ago for cough, exercise intolerence, decreased appetite – grade 4/6 systolic murmur detected, elevated resp rate with abdominal effort – chest rads mild patchy alveolar pattern VHS 11.25 – bloodwork mild elevation in CRE only – echocardiogram consistent with CVD Briefly: FS…
Suction Biopsy
These are images a colleague sent me of the trigone of a FS Shih Tzu with persistent hematuria (she failed to give me the age). There has been no evidence of infection. The thickened wall is very suspicious to me and perhaps even mineralized in some regions. I think a suction biopsy is warranted and…
Pylorus abnormal?
– 3 year old male bulldog – recent history of weight loss, weakness – always tended to vomit food if not watered down according to the owner (nothing new) – bloodwork showed elevated bilirubin – scanning through the pylorus, the wall appers thickened and hyperechoic and hard to differentiate layering in some areas – the…
Bladder Mass
2 year old MN Maltese 1 month histoy pollakiuria – U/A unremarkable and culture negative – clinical signs persisted despite 1 week trial of Clavamox – cbc and biochem wnl – u/s showed a mass in the neck/trigone region that appears to be indenting the dorsal bladder wall (located between the bladder and the colon)…
Abdominal Mass
– 3 year old FS overweight Lab x with history of anorexia and lethargy – bloodwork showed elevation in ALT (around 500) other parameters wnl; no cPLI run – chest rads suspicious of mass in cranial thorax – u/s showed a target-like lesion in the liver, a large cavitiated mass in the region of the…