Stump Pyometra
Had a 5 year Great Dane referred to me today due to a chronic history of vaginal discharge (couple of months) She was spayed at about 9 months of age. The referring vet wanted to rule the possibility of a stump pyometra/granuloma/mass etc. This Dane was huge but very very cooperative. Had to ultrasound on…
SAS
3 year old Golden Retriever grade 4/6 systolic murmur heard equally on both sides of the chest. – echoe was performed under sedation (butorphanol/midazolam/alfaxan) due to excessive panting – no MR, TR or PI noted – trace AI – I think there is evidence of aortic stenosis? What do you think? Why is there such…
Thyroid Adenocarcinoma
Hewey is an 8 year old MN Labrador Retriever who had sugery last fall to remove a mass from his ventral neck region – u/s at the time showed that the mass was not coming from the thyroid (both glands normal)
Inspissated bile image
Does anyone have an ultrasound image of inspissated bile surrounded by GB sludge? I’m looking for an example of what this might look like, but of my 5 US texts, all they have are mucoceles and GB wall thickening. Time for some variety in these textbooks :). Thanks Karen
Aortoliths
This is a new one for me. I couldn’t find anything similar in the ACVR Journal archives. This dog has diabetes and cushings disease. Ultrasounded yesterday for possible mass in abdomen vs enlarged spleen on palpation by RDVM. No rads. I’d love to see rads of this dog abdomen and thorax. I’m thinking about those…
SAM vs primary MR
HI, This is concerning a 7 yr old cat with severe HCM (now deceased). The cat also had hyperthyroidism and CRF. The HCM was definitely not hyperT4 related….biggest left auricle on the planet! My question is about SAM. On the left apical 5 chamber view there is a MR jet seen at the same time…
LV measurements
Hello, I was taught to do the diastolic LV measurements at the end of diastoli on the m-mode; the widest LV chamber right before systoli. I have also heard that the measurements can be done at the beginning of the QRS complex when using the ECG tracing. My question is, when they don’t line up…
Feline splenic mass
Note: I also posted this on VIN… this cat was presented initially for lethargy. Blood work normal. RDVM wanted to look at the pancreas via US. It was normal. The spleen wasn’t. There was one enlarged mesenteric lymph node. Parameters matched inflammation over neoplasia. FNA came back as hyperplastic.
Pancreatitis/IBD?
12 yr old FS DSH with intermittent vomiting and mild weight loss – eating well most of the time but sometimes picky with food – one episode of diarrhea – elevated feline pLI – biochem, cbc and T4 otherwise normal – liver, GB and bile ducts normal on ultrasound – left limb pancreas prominent pancreatic…