Urethra mass vs prostate in incontinent dog
Hello This is Rusty a 10 year old Shi Tzu cross that was neutered 3 months ago for no other apparent reason then to neuter him. The owners then reported incontinence immediately after surgery; Dribbling non- stop Today we US the bladder and he appears to have a long intra-abdominal urethra that extends around the…
Pancreas pathology
Hello This is Roxy a 3 year old Boston that has been in the hospital with aggressive treatments for 2-3 days. Being treated for elevated liver and kidney enzymes and high spec lipase. We have Lepto PCR pending. Owners consented to an abdominal US today. The kidneys are hyperechoic relative to the liver and spleen…
Odd Rt kidney
Hello This is Binky a 16 year old cat with high blood pressure. We performed an US to evaluate the adrenals. They appeared normal but the Rt kidney was odd. The cranial pole seemed to just dissappear with no distinct boundries; High resolution probe showed a cortical cyst and that the cranial pole seems to…
Stomach wall
Hello This was found on a collapsed dog. It might be normal but I am not convince. We were not expecting to find anything obvious on the abdominal ultrasound but on the left body of the stomach I found this area. I was hoping for clarification of what I am looking at. I worry about…
Thickened GB wall
This is Decker a 7 year old Beagle that presented recumbant. Slightly anemic and hypoproteinic with rest of blood being normal. Xrays showed poor serosal detail. US showed moderate fluid present. The fluid sample is the color of frank blood but no obvious source of bleeding could be identified. Sample does not clot.
Hiatal hernia
Hello. This is Jasmine a 6 year old GS. She was at her regular clinic yesterday for ongoing vomiting where xrays were submitted to a radiologist. The interpretation was a possible hiatal hernia because of a soft tissue opacity in the thorax seen on 1 view. I do not have the xrays to post and…
Heart tumor
Hello This is Cinder an 8 year old Shiloh GS that presented for weakness. TFAST revealed pericardial effusion. Aprroximately 60mls were removed and the heart appears to be beating better, clinically the dog’s pulses are back, and temperature is up about 1 degree.
Puppy head trauma
Hello This is a 3 week old Rottweiler pup that assumedly had head trauma. It presented recumbant and non-responsive with a large (3cm) soft swelling over his head. On US it does not appear to be fluid but rather tissue of the same echogenicity seen through the fontenelle. I am thinking that this is brain…