Gastric mass?
12 years old M/N cat with severe weight loss, decrease apettite,chronic vomiting. BW – mildy hypoalbuminemia, rest wnl Pylorus is thickened and at the junction with prox duodenum there is severe concentric thickening. To me it suggest neoplasia and less likelly pyloric stenosis ( never seen one in a cat) . Do you agree ?…
distended ureter?
14 years old German pointer Intact, Male presented with recent onset of incontinence . Patient was recently diagnosed with Multicentric Lymphoma, owner decided against Chemo and was placed on Pred . The peripheral LN regressed and still normal in size but now developed incontinence . Noted sand type sediment i n bladder and this anechoic…
Where does the tircuspid valve appear in the apical view
I have purchased the SDEP Echo and I am practicing the echo positions. I am getting confused with the apical view. When Dr Erric shows the apical view technique, the MV appears on the left side of the screen. The book shows tricuspid valve on the left side of the screen and also one of…
Pyloric – duodenal intussusception
6 years old cat, M/N with a chronic history of decrease apettite, vomiting on and off, very thin BW was wnl. AUS : mild mineralization on both kidneys, no pelvic dilation, mild thickening of the stomach wall – 0.48 cm To me it looks like pyloric intussusception- non obstructive . Do you agree?
Pyloric – duodenal intussusception
6 years old cat, M/N with a chronic history of decrease apettite, vomiting on and off, very thin BW was wnl. AUS : mild mineralization on both kidneys, no pelvic dilation, mild thickening of the stomach wall – 0.48 cm To me it looks like pyloric intussusception- non obstructive . Do you agree?
Abnormal pancreas in a 9 yr old DSH
Weight loss and intermittent anorexia since July 2021. No vomiting or diarrhea. Mild hyperglycemia, mild persistent ALP elevation Abdominal ultrasound shows an enlarged, hypoechoic, pancreas with an irregular capsule and adjacent echogenic fat. The liver shows increased echogenicity. The gallbladder has a thickened, echogenic wall. The spleen is rounded in shape with normal parenchyma. US…
Acute vomiting and anorexia in a 4 yr old FS DSH
4 yr old FS DSH with acute onset vomiting (2-3 days) and anorexia for 2 days. Radiographs show a distended bowel loop with content the same radio-opacity as fecal material in the region of the ICC junction. Abdominal ultrasound shows mild gastric fluid distension. The pyloric outflow is unobstructed. The orad duodenum shows a small…
Abnormal small intestinal segment
10 yr old FS Lab Ret belonging to a SA veterinarian Intermittent vomiting beginning 2 months ago, progressing to 2-3 times/day for the past month. Bloodwork showed ALB=2.2. ACTH stim is wnl. After medical managemet with Cerenia, metronidazole, and i/d, ALB is now 2.8. Clinical signs resume when medical management is discontinued. Abdomimal ultrasound shows…
Hypoplastic annulus
I am having trouble diagnosing hypoplastic annulus in case of pulmonic stenosis. I mean what is the criteria to say that this is a normal annulus and this is a hypoplastic annulus
11-year-old dog with dysuria
11-year-old intact male Daschund was presented with the complain of dysurina. US of the abdomen revealed urinary bladder cystoliths and cystic prostatomegaly. But there seems to be a normal prostate also left and can be seen in one of the videos. It looks like the cystic prostate is attached to the normal prostate. The dysuria…