Portosystemic shunt

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  • 4 year old Shih Tzu, poor growth, GI signs, seizure etc
  • Bloods high liver enzymes, BAST pending
  • I am pretty sure there is a portocaval shunt which is large and tortuous and long
  • What type/location of shunt is this please?

  • 4 year old Shih Tzu, poor growth, GI signs, seizure etc
  • Bloods high liver enzymes, BAST pending
  • I am pretty sure there is a portocaval shunt which is large and tortuous and long
  • What type/location of shunt is this please?

Comments

amandalaceyasnw

Hello! I cannot comment on

Hello! I cannot comment on the type of shunt this is, but wanted to comment that if you cone down your color sector window, it will reduce alot of the color artifact and allow for better concise color flow, which will aid in helping with diagnosis 🙂 Also getting 1-2 stills with measurments of the portal vein vs. the CVC vs. the aorta will help too! 

EL

Video 2 looks like a

Video 2 looks like a gastrocaval shunt with the big cvc. Big shunt fraction but medical then sx would be my approach.

 

 

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