Feline HCM
History -Clinically normal two-and-a-half-year-old male neutered DMH cat with a 3/6 murmur. – NT pro-BNP was 1500 pmols/L. – Feline was stressed and also sedated with midazolam and butorphanol. Echo Findings -Stage B1 HCM (phenotype) -Generalized LV hypertrophy, systolic LV chamber obliteration – Mitral SAM with eccentric jet of mitral regurgitation. -Papillary muscles where enlarged…
help confirming which liver lobe
13 year old MN Belgian Malinois – concern for irregular liver lobe. FNA pending. I struggle with naming which lobe – quadrate? left middle?
Cardiogenic cough versus lower airway disease
Included are clips and some stills of a 6 1/2 year old, 31.4Kg, male neutered Labrador Retriever presented for a worsening cough over two weeks duration. Radiographs revealed a more generalized interstitial lung pattern with small dispersed areas revealing alveolar patterns. Heart appeared normal in size to slightly enlarged. Blood work was uneventful. Ultrasound was…
chronic leptospirosis?
8 year old MN Shep mix with severely elevated liver values, severely icteric. Previous medical record indicated some elevated Lepto titers, but a convalescent sample had not risen enough to declare and infection (2021). The dog had been on Clavamox, doxy and Denamarin. Could this liver appearance be chronic Lepto infection? I did a FNA,…
metritis?
1 year old FI Golden. First estrus cycle started beginning of April and lasted 3 weeks. Has been anorexic since this time. Some intermittent diarrhea and vomiting that has resolved. Does the uterus look more thickened than would expect it to be this far out from estrus? Metritis?
Hyperechoic, punctate opacitites throughout spleen and cortices in Cushinoid canine
12 year old FS Chihuahua with hx of hyperadrenocorticism, hypertension and proteinuria. Decreased appetite. Meds include benazapril, amlodipine, telmesartan and trilostane. Blood pressure still not controlled. Adrenals bilaterally enlarged and not infiltrating surrounding structures. Planning to recheck ACTH stim and adjust BP meds. Two questions: should we still consider a pheochromocytoma? How would you describe…
mineralization ? prostatic cyst
Hello, This is an intact dog that presented with stranguria . On U/S the prostate was enlarged and a cavitated fluid filled structure appeared to be originating from prostate – suspect prostatic cyst . The dark serosanguinolent fluid was aspirated (150 ml ) and samples from traumatic catheterization at the level of prostate and pelvic…
Question – mucobile duct
I am attaching a video from SDEP pathology videos for mucobileduct obstruction. Both bile and mucus have similar echogenicity (if I am not wrong), then how the obstruction caused by mucus in the bile duct be detected? How the mucus in the bile duct can be distinguished from the normal bile if both have similar…
Is it only prostatic carcinoma or urethral tumor also
A 14-year-old male neutered dog was presented with the complain of stranguria for a month and intermittent hematurina. Abdominal ultrasound showed prostatomegaly with some hyperechoic areas, consistent most likely with a prostatic carcinoma. Some tissue/blood clot was also seen growing at the bladder apex. Just wanted to check if it is jsut prostatic neoplasia or…
Anal sac ultrasound
I have an 8-year-old intact female dog presented with the complain of polyurea. The RDVM noticed right caudal mammary gland mass which was present in the last two right caudal mammary glands. Abdominal ultrasound was done and it showed bilateral medial iliac lymph node enlargement – typical neoplastic lymph nodes. Blood test showed moderate to…