Dilated Vasculature in a ‘weird’ location–normal vs abnormal?
Hi everyone! just wanted to know if anyone has seen this type of vasculature before and whether there can be a normal variation to this? Apologies for the long history. Minka is a 10 y.o FS American bulldog that was presented for weight loss, poor appetite, panting, pacing and restless behaviour. Owner reports of being…
cbd/duodenal change
this main coone cat f/s 8yr old was referred for abdominal ultrasound with request to focus on gall bladder. no laboratory info or clinical information was sent along. i would like opinions on the duodenum/cbd region. thanks
Caudal abdominal masses radiographs
Addendum to previous post I have added xrays to case of caudal abdominal masses if this is of any help, the colon looks displaced ventrally and medially but I’m not sure if the mass is involving it Any input?
Interesting GI tumour
– 11 year old MN Boston Terrier with history of weight loss, decreased appetite and bloody diarrhea – interesting mass found on ultrasound in the jejunum which looks like it is intra-luminal and perhaps coming from the mucosa or submucosa layer at a focal region as I can see it sliding against what looks like…
Extra-hepatic PSS? Portal Vein Hypoplasia?!
Hi everyone, Here it goes: German Shepherd, 6yo, MC, with history of ascites, peripheral edema, hypoalbuminemia (as low as 1,1-1,9 g/dL), low creatinine and urea, mild elevation of liver enzymes, intermitent diarrhea, for the last 2-3 months. Bile acids are extremely increased (165 fasting [Normal 0-0,8 umol/L], 170 postprandial [Normal 0-30 umol/L]). My differentials before…
Gall Bladder Motility Study — no scalpel
So this is a barely emerging mucocele terrier where we have been watching it and the owner wanted to know if she should just remove it. Well let’s see if it works or not…Positions 11 and 12 SDEP protocol. Turns out GB does change in size post prandial at 15 and 30 min. Grnated this…
Start atenolol?
– 2 year old overweight MN DSH diagnosed with a new heart murmur – was not happy during echo so was given 0.2 mg/kg butorphanol IV which helped facilitate the exam – I am seeing uneven thickening of the IVS measuring up to 8mm in diastole, hypertrophied papillary muscles that almost obliterate the LV cavity…
Feline Murmur/ PVC’s
Meeko is a 11 month old DSH with a history of a grade 2 murmur on the L side. He was neutered in 12/17 at 7 months of age and was showing PVC’s while monitoring under anesthesia. My associate asked me to take a quick look at the heart. At the time I thought there…
My Lab Alpha
Does anyone have good pre settings for a 3-11 freq microconvex probe for the my lab alpha?
Pyelonephritis ?
Millie is a 2 years old Pug that initially presented for straining to urinate, blocked on October 2017. She was diagnosed with bladder stones and had a cystotomy done .According to owner she is incontinent ever since the surgery; she is still urinating with a good stream but also dribbling urine ( wearing a diaper..)…