Pyothorax

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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?.

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EL

wow! all the echogenic

wow! all the echogenic material is coalesced in the caudal thorax where the esophageal tear would be. Can’t say i have ever seen this honestly. Sure grounds for thoracotomy.

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