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Pyelonephritis?

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..)…

Gastric lymph node?

Hi all, 12 yr old FS Lab Weight loss, vomiting and diarrhea High Ca, all liver enzymes severely elevated, T Bili = 3.5, Amylase/Lipase elevated This dog was euthanized today, so this is more for my own interest (for future cases). Is this a gastric LN popping up in these 2 video clips ?  …

La/AO = CHF

Hello, In an ER setting is it correct to simplify, diagnose CHF on cats if LA/AO considerably high # ( like > 2.5-3) and significant rocket lines ( as for pulmonary edema)? Is it enough? I’m asking because to me it is so much easier to obtain a LA/AO in a cat that is in…

acute hydronephrosis

Hello,   This is a 6 years old m/n cat that presented for vomiting, lethargy. This cat has muscle and weight loss that appears to be chronic Bloodwork revealed mild inflamatory leukogram and hypokalemia. Albumin was in low normal AUS revealed possible pancreatitis and hydronephrosis on RK. I can still see parenchima and good flow…

Adrenal masses

14 year old MN Shih Tzu with abdominal pain and weight loss. Nodular liver, mineralised/old age kidneys and enlarged adrenal glands. Do you think this is most likely adenocarcinoma? Does this occur bilaterally? Is there vascular invasion? No clinical signs consistent with phaeochromocytoma and apparently not with cushings. 

intestinal thickening, lymphadenopathy– can we lean towards neoplasia vs inflammation at all?

This is an 11 year old DSH that for one month has had decreased appetite, occasional vomiting, weight  loss.  Blood work  is all normal. Thoracic rads are normal.

high IVSD?

5 month old kitten progressive exercise intolerance  Am I seeing a high IVSD? 

Feline soft tissue mineralization

Lulu is a 6 year old F/S DSH feline that was presented to us yesterday with a 1 month period of wt loss. In that period of time she approximately lost half of her weight.  In the last two days time she had suddenly become very lethargic and inappetent. On presentation she was not uremic…

sciatic neuritis video

video to go with the following post: https://sonopath.com/forum/msk-us-sciatic-nerve-neuritis#comment-5446

MSK US: sciatic nerve neuritis

Just wanted to share this gem of a case with everyone.  Correlative imaging between US and MRI of a 4 year old mixed breed dog presented with proprioceptive deficits of his right hind. Took biopsies of the altered sciatic nerve, returned as neuritis.