Cat presented yesterday for ADR and dyspnea. I’ve never seen a chest look like this. The chest fluid looked and smelled like liquid diarrhea. The history was the cat became ill shortly after eating a rabbit…Our working theory is an esophageal tear. The cat was euthanized but we were not able to do a necropsy. I posted this more in the interest of sharing a unique case but also just wondering if there is any evidence in the scan that suggests an esophageal injury?.

Cat presented yesterday for ADR and dyspnea. I’ve never seen a chest look like this. The chest fluid looked and smelled like liquid diarrhea. The history was the cat became ill shortly after eating a rabbit…Our working theory is an esophageal tear. The cat was euthanized but we were not able to do a necropsy. I posted this more in the interest of sharing a unique case but also just wondering if there is any evidence in the scan that suggests an esophageal injury?.