Author: veteurope1

  • Hyperechoic densities in spleen and kidneys

    Hyperechoic densities in spleen and kidneys

    I am wondering what is causing these hyperechoic densities in the spleen and kidneys? I have seen some similar images indicating nodular hyperplasia of spleen, but nothing of kidneys. No changes on bloodwork.  

  • Insulinoma in a cat

    Insulinoma in a cat

    – Middle aged cat with presented with seizure and hypoglycaemia few months duration. – Pancreatic mass distal right limb pancreas, could not see any mets at the time. – Excisional biopsy: insulinoma/carcinoma, not clear margins.  – Clinical signs and hypoglycaemia resolved post surgery but now blood glucose dropping after a month despite steroids. – Anyone…

  • Lymph nodes

    Lymph nodes

    Hi again, – I would like your opinion on these masses seen near the hilus/pylorus, cranial to right kidney. Are they lymph nodes? – 10 year old male entire Shih Tzu with history of vomiting/retching, weight loss, free abdominal fluid.

  • Common bile duct obstruction

    Common bile duct obstruction

    Hi everyone,  – I have a case of a 10 year old male entire Cocker Spaniel presented unwell, pyrexic, jaundiced, was also dyschezic with painful prostate.  – Bloods: neutrophilic leucocytosis, moderate to markedly elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin (105).

  • Murmur in a cat, HCM or not?

    Murmur in a cat, HCM or not?

    – I am still struggling with feline echos, getting good quality images and differentiting between normal and mild hypertrophy.  – I sometimes think I can see SAM but cannot always document it on M-mode. – I also find it hard to document source of murmur if no abnormalities found. Sometimes I will get turbulence in…

  • VSD in a cat

    VSD in a cat

    – 1 year old Sphinx cat with a bilateral loud murmur, no clinical signs. – How would you classify this VSD? Perimembranous? Restrictive? – There is 2 directional flow through the VSD, is this normal for a left to right shunt? – My maximum velocity is just under 2m/s, is this due to incorrect allignment?…

  • Tricuspid Regurgitation

    Tricuspid Regurgitation

    6 year old FN Basset with a new finding of a grade 3/6 right sided murmur on routine check up.  I think there is tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular dilation, also mild mitral regurgitation.

  • Hock trauma

    Hock trauma

    -Cat that was bitten by a dog. -Is this a subluxation or a fracture please?

  • Ventricular Tachycardia

    Hello, – I have had two cases in the past few weeks of sustained (15 minutes approx) of ventricular tachycardia (HR 200) following sedation.  – One young adult and one middle aged adult, both Labradors, that were given 0.02mg/kg medetomodine with 0.1mg/kg butorphanol im for sedation for orthopaedic radiographs. – Both normalised to a sinus bradycardia following…

  • Massive left atrium

    Massive left atrium

    Hello, I saw this case today and had some questions please. – Adult DSH presented day prior with tachypnoea and gallop rhythm – I could see a huge left atrium with smoke – I don’t think there is a pericardial effusion but there is fluid surrounding left ventricular free wall, is this the enlarged left…

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