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Bladder mass and VPCs
– 13 year old MN DSH ADR and history if hematuria – rDVM noted a grade 2-3 holosystolic heart murmur (unfortunately I did not get a chance to listen to the heart) – bloodwork, electrolytes unremarkable – echo showed no evidence of structural heart changes with a small AI jet (likely not cause of the…
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Pylorus Mass
I did an ultrasound today on Minnie. Minnie is a 12 year old DSH with a history of weight loss and vomiting. Lab work was mostly unremarkable except for hypoalbuminemia. My associate referred Minnie to me for an ultrasound evaluation.
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Cardiac Mass?
– 21yr old MN DSH with history of CRF had two episodes or crying, collapse and open mouth breathing on the weekend
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Right adrenal involvemnet?
– 12 year old MN Min. Poodle with 2 day history anorexia and urinary incontinence – u/s showed marked abdominal effusion and complex mass coming off cranial pole of the right kidney – omental fat is hyperechoic and nodular (carcinomatosis?)(see below) – the CVC was either volume contracted or I was squishing it – I…
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PSS?
– 6 year old FS Jack Russel cross shelter dog presented for a dental procedure – pre-op bloodwork mild elevation in ALT, pre-post bile acids elevated; pet is asymptomatic – u/s showed a slightly smaller liver than normal; normal kidneys and urinary bladder – PV is small compared to the aorta – CVC velocity is…
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Pancreatitis
Eli is a 16 year old DSH with a recent history of vomiting. Lab results: abnormals ALP 74 (12-59) SPECfPL: 3.8 (3.6-5.3- cat may have pancreatitis) UA: 3+ hematuria 4+ protein. No bacteria noted and no WBC’s. MIC is pending.
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Adrenal or Pancreatic Mass?
– 12 yr FS Great Pyrenese presented for melena,vomiting and lethargy – had been on pred for skin issues and owner noted PU/PD and ravenous appetite – bloodwork mild anemia, ALT 400’s, ALP so high not registering on rDVM’s in house blood machine, mild elevation BUN, amylase and lipase severely elevated, cPLI not done, urinalysis…
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Large left adrenal gland
– 14 yr MN Labrador Retriver w severe pu/pd – lab testing showed mild elevations in ALP, ALT and pre/post bile acids; results of LDDST pending – u/s showed moderately enlarged liver, hyperechoic w mottling and rounded capsular margins (ddx. steroid hepatopathy, CAH, benign hyperplasia, neoplasia) – left adrenal symmetrically enlarged, hard to tell about…
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Splenic Mass
I did an ultrasound on a 13 year old Miniature Schnauzer named Wally. The purpose of the ultrasound was to evaluate Wally for pathology associated with hematuria. On the scan I found a mass that I believe is associated with the spleen. I have a number of questions: 1. Is this mass assoicated with the…
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Rule out PSS
– 5 year old very small MN Yorkie presented for hematuria seen by my associate – single, spikey urolith seen on x-ray (so likely not ammonium biurate, at least 100%) and seen on ultrasound – pre bile acids 92.8 umol/L N<10, post 83 N<20; biochem and CBC otherwise wnl – u/s scan showed normal liver…