MMVD in CKCS
8 year old CKCS with grade 4/6 systolic murmur, slowing down, normal respiration The left ventricle appears dilated but the left atrium is normal size. Do you agree with left ventricular diastolic dilation? I always thought that the left atrium dilated first in these cases but does the volume overload lead to LV dilation early…
Prostatic disease
9 year old CKCS entire male with recently diagnosed DM with pancreatitis and cholecystitis. He has bladder and urinary stones and prostatic disease with enlarged SL LNs also How would you describe this prostate? Prostatic wash pending
Hypoalbuminaemia
3 year old MN Maltese with a short history of diarrhoea (days) and bloating Bicavity effusion of pure transudate Bloods: very low albumin (13), globulin normal, low cholesterol, urea and crea low (?), liver enzymes normal, amylase/lipase normal, HCT 25, WBC 27 with high neuts and monos. Urine: sg 1.008, trace protein, full urinalysis pending…
Duodenal papilla
12 year old MN Fox Terrier presented inappetant with abdominal pain Bloods showed severe elevation of liver enzymes, tbil (>300), cholesterol, lipase Scan showed heterogenous/nodular liver, cystic/thickened gallbladder wall, distended CBD and pancreatitis (Also has a few hypoechoic splenic nodules, renal and bladder calculi and a mineralised left adrenal mass) I am concerned that the…
Lung nodules cat
13 year old cat who presented flat, dyspnoeic with crying on abdominal palpation, O suspected poisoning. I only saw this cat sedated. There were numerous lung nodules. Both kidneys appeared enlarged and hyperechoic, both adrenal glands were also enlarged. Can pneumonia present with lung nodules? Do you think the mildly enlarged kidneys and adrenal glands…
Hepatic lymph nodes
14 year old GSD X presented collapsed, dehydrated, pyrexic, 2 day history of inappetance, warm weather Previous hx of Leishmaniasis and nodular liver on scan 3 years ago Bloods show moderate liver enzyme elevation and mild anaemia What do you make of these hepatic lymph nodes? Could this be related to recurrent leishmaniasis?
Abnormal kidneys
7 year old Shetland Sheepdog with iris stage 2 CKD on bloods, usg 1.010 Both kidneys have cysts and mineralisation but I am not sure what the hypoechoic rim around cortex is, I have never seen this in a dog If it was a cat I would think lymphoma but history and clinical findings fit…
Testicular and prostatic masses
12 year old ME Bull breed with urinary incontinence and cachexia, v+/d+, very weak. Chronic medical tx for BPH. A large paraprostatic cyst was present but the prostate also had a mass lesion and was cavitatory. The right testicle also had a heterogenous and cavitatory mass. A mild SL lymphadenopathy was present. A large splenic…
Renal and bladder TCC?
12 year old Tibetan Terrier with vague signs of not quite right and mild non-regenerative anaemia. The bladder apex was thickened and irregular. There was a moderate SL LN enlargement. The cranial pole of the left kidney had an irregular hypoechoic/acechoic avascular lesion. There is also an associated structure which I think is a cavitatoty…
Adrenal glands
10 year old large breed dog that had two syncopal episodes Normal echo and ecg On review of the abdominal images the cranial pole of the right adrenal looks rounded. I don’t have any good video clips of this region Does this look a mass from the still?