Cat gallbladder
Catrick Swayze is a 3 year old neutered male that has had reoccuring episodes of anorexia and vomiting that responds to symptomatic treatment. (fluids, antibitocs, was on a tapering dose of pred also) In June ALT was >4000 and Tbil was elevated as was lipase. He has a recheck of his chem on July 7…
Gallbladder
Cocoa is an almost 16 year old poodle/pappion mix that presented july 18. Owners were on vacation with the dog and she didnt eat well the whole time she was there (US from Canada) vomited once. Grade 2 systolic murmur, no cough only finding on PE. CBC normal, Chem showed elevated alt 619 (10-125) alkp…
Cholecystitis – thoughts on further diagnostics?
Hi, just wanted to try my first case on forum. I am fairly new to ultrasounding and would appreciate advice on all aspect (techinque, image quality, forum posting and thoughts on further diagnostics). Charlie is a 15 year old Shih tzu male neutered.
Gallbladder Pathology
Molly is an overweight (4/5 BCS) 7 year old spayed female Beagle that come in for an exam. The owner was concerned about her “bloated” abdomen. Diagnostic workup included abdominal x-rays and a complete blood profile, CBC and UA. The ONLY abnormality noted on the lab work was a Trace of blood in the urine…
Post Hepatic Obstruction
Oreo is a 7 year old Shih Tzu cross that presented for a second opinion. Oreo was grossly jaundiced. Oreo had been treated for sometime for Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia. Lab work run at her original hospital had the following pertinent information or abnormalities: CBC: WBC: 25,700, Diff: neutrophilia with some bands noted. Monocytosis. …
Dual Galbladder
Icey is a 13 year old Maine Coon with a recent history weight loss, vomiting and loss of appetite. I have 3 questions: 1. Is this a double walled gallbladder? 2. What is the source of the hypoechoic branching. This area was not vascular per color doppler 3. Is the image labeled “small bowel” actually…
Polypoid Hyperplasia of the Gallbladder Neck
Buddy is a 12 year old Minature Poodle that was recently seen for weight loss, loss of appetitie and vomiting. Buddy has multiple medical issues including a protein losing enteropathy with an albumin of 1.9. Buddy is also a diabetic. I was doing a routine scan of Buddy’s abdomen and I believe there is a…
Differentials for gallbladder wall thickening/edema?
Do you have a set of differentials for GB wall edema? I see this mostly in very acutely sick dogs. This image came from a dog that seems to have had an anaphylactic reaction and was shocky and the incident had only happened within the last hour. This patient also had mild anechoic ascites and…