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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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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…