RAD -Chronic lower airway disease and hypovolemia in a 16 year old FS DLH cat with chronic renal failure and IMHA
This 16 year old FS DLH cat has a history of chronic renal failure and recently IMHA. Physical exam: very thin, slightly jaundiced, quiet. PVC 24%, TP 5.8g/dl. Received tranfusion.
Post-hepatic obstruction in a 7-year-old FS Shih Tzu mixed breed
A 7-year-old FS Shih Tzu mixed breed was presented for a second opinion. Oreo was grossly jaundiced and had been treated for sometime for Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia. CBC found WBC: 25,700, Diff: neutrophilia with some bands noted. Monocytosis. HCT: 44.3% and Platelets were normal at 307,000. Blood chemistry revealed glucose 165, globulin 4.8, ALKP 6764,…
Thoracic mass suggestive for lung neoplasia in a 6 year old MI Rhodesian Ridgeback dog
A 6 year-old male Rhodesian Ridgeback with a history of IMHA and current cortisone therapy was presented for being depressed. Abnormalities on physical examination were pale pink mucosa, tachycardia, polypnea, and a distended abdomen. CBC showed leukocytosis, neutrophilia, monocytosis, and regenerative anemia. Coombs test was negative.