Liver mass
10 year old FE Husky Decreased appetite, severe weight loss and recent pu/pd Liver mass extending from right side of liver, FNA pending, do you think this would be resectable? Bladder neck appears diffusely thickened, is this just because of bladder volume?
Pulmonic stenosis
7 month old FE CKCS, no clinical symptoms, grade 4/6 left basilar murmur on exam Pulmonic stenosis (velocity approx 4.5m/s, gradient 80mmHg) Possible mild right atrial enlargement? Do you think there is remodelling of right ventricle? How would you classify this lesion, purely valvuar and not stenotic? Would you recommend balloon valvuloplasty or just atenolol?
Huge Abdominal Mass
12 year old MN Spaniel Weight loss, off form, decreased appetite and very recent pu/pd Round heterogenous mass taking up most of abdomen Could identify some normal liver and stomach cranial to mass Could identify left and right kidneys, right adrenal and spleen and bladder Also enlarged lymph nodes, I think I am seeing mesenteric…
Lymphoma
13 year old FN DSH V+, inappetance, off form Thickened intestines esp duodenum and large intestine, enlarged spleen, nodular kidneys, mildly enlarged lymph nodes I have not seen lymphoma with these type of kidneys before, is this typical?
Uterine horns
13 year old female entire sheepdog Previously had 3 litters pups In season 2 months ago Is it normal to see the uterine horns like this?
Mucocoele?
12 year female entire Sheltie, inappetance, diarrhoea, pyrexia. Would you classify this gallbladder as a mucocoele? I can see free fluid and steatitis caudal to gallbladder, do you think this is inflammtory or from potential rupture? Also has anal gland mass with rounded and heterogenous sublumbar lymph node so difficult to know which is best…
Pancreatitis vs pancreatic mass
12 year old FN lurcher Vomiting, inappetance and abdominal pain Abdo scan showed severe steatitis/peritonitis with low volume free fluid. Duodenum was thickened, spastic with ill-defined layering Pancreas was oedematous and irregular with area in body which was severely heterogenous – is it possible to tell without sampling whether this is most likely inflammation/necrosis or…
Kidney Disease
6 year old female entire Labrador 30kg Lethargy, inappetance, pu/pd Not up to date with vaccinations Severe azotaemia on bloods, urine sg 1.020, protein 3+ (dipstick) Very painful on ultrasound of kidneys and difficult to get good images Full urinalysis and lepto PCR pending How would you describe these kidneys and what would your differentials…
Ovarian mass?
– 12 year old female lab presented tachycardic, pale mm’s, weak, abdominal pain – Abdo scan – large left sided heterogenous retroperitoneal mass caudal to kidney and retroperitoneal fluid (suspect haemorrhage) and inflammation. – The changes in the retroperitoneal space along with pain made it very difficult to examine this area and I could not…