– 7 year old Pug w acute onset of coughing and resp. distress
– referring DVM started on Lasix and sent me this chest rad – I am scheduled to do a thoracic scan
– the pet stablized and once breathing better, there was no heart murmur present
– any thoughts on this chest rad before I perform ultrasound? Unfotunately only one view was sent to me. Looks like a small trachea which is part of brachycephalic syndrome. Possible pneumonia? Cranial mediastinal disease? PAH with right heart enlargement? This looks like a fat pug as well
– 7 year old Pug w acute onset of coughing and resp. distress
– referring DVM started on Lasix and sent me this chest rad – I am scheduled to do a thoracic scan
– the pet stablized and once breathing better, there was no heart murmur present
– any thoughts on this chest rad before I perform ultrasound? Unfotunately only one view was sent to me. Looks like a small trachea which is part of brachycephalic syndrome. Possible pneumonia? Cranial mediastinal disease? PAH with right heart enlargement? This looks like a fat pug as well
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looks bronhcoalveolar to me..
looks bronhcoalveolar to me.. sudden onset anything that could cause PTE? Lasix will dry up some pulmonary secretions and acts as a bronchodilator so improvement on lasix trial can still be either cardiac or pulmonary. If the la/ao is normal then I would run the ribs looking for a consolidation to fna and do an abdominal scan to ensure nothing going on there that may be the underlying issue
On this view looks like
On this view looks like consolidation of the cranial lung lobes with air bronchograms – two important DDx would be acute bacterial pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia. with acute non-cardiogenic edema possibly, especially if responded to Lasix.
Thanks Eric and Remo – will
Thanks Eric and Remo – will let you know what I find