This was an interesting image to come across when scanning the abdomen of a vomiting 11 y.o. male Labrador. There is obviously a fluid-filled bladder. In this case, it also contains numerous echogenic particles creating a ‘snowstorm’ effect. However, the normal curved bladder profile is transected by a linear demarcation such that the dorsal part … Continue reading
Loud murmurs with thrills in young animals don’t, on the face of it, sound good. Certainly in aortic stenosis, pulmonic stenosis and PDAs louder murmurs are usually associated with more severe disease. This kitten is about 10 weeks old and has the most dramatic murmur with an obvious thrill palpable over much of the right … Continue reading
This isn’t rocket science but nice pics all the same. From a young dog with recurrent UTIs whom we screened for ectopic ureters. ….they weren’t ectopic. The jet from the right ureter enters obliquely from below and the left one is firing from above. Although one of the best texts does say that ‘..ureters can’t … Continue reading
This is the challenging case of a 5 y.o. domestic short-haired cat suffering daily seizures. To cut a long story short his cholesterol levels are 10 times the top end of normal for no apparent reason -blood results are otherwise unremarkable. From an ultrasonographic point of view this is his abdominal aorta (as seen from … Continue reading
There’s very little in the published literature about scanning the caecum in small animals -which is surprising since it is often encountered during abdominal examinations. Although dogs often have more gas in their colons and caeca, which sometimes makes it more difficult to make out, the canine caecum is also quite an elongated structure (usually … Continue reading
There are just some practices where every second case is really unusual….. This is a cat whose immediate problem is azotaemia due to a ureteral calculus (function of the other kidney is impaired -likely due to previous episodes of ureteral obstruction) The image on the left is a frontal plane view from the left … Continue reading
I’ve blathered on a lot about pneumonia in this blog. It’s still a bit of a revelation to me that, having gone the best part of twenty years diagnosing pneumonia twice a year I now seem to see them twice a week. This is a very ill elderly dog with a history of ‘bringing up … Continue reading
This is still an evolving area but very promising thus far. It’s relatively simple to scan the medial and lateral parts of the meniscii in dogs. A linear probe with frequency >10Hz will do the job nicely. A full ultrasonographic examination of the canine stifle includes views from cranial, cranio-lateral, cranio-medial, medial, lateral, caudo-medial and … Continue reading
This is a major issue for sonographers because suspect pancreatitis is a very common reason for scan requests. ….and my experience is that the scan results frequently don’t agree with blood results. The paper below (Kook et al.) is worth a read because it’s written by independent authors with no commercial interest in any particular … Continue reading
Earlier I showed some images of consolidated lung with just a few air bubbles in the bronchi. At first glance, through an intercostal space, I thought this was going to be the same scenario…. A middle-aged Bloodhound is presented with acute anorexia and pyrexia (T40+). Bloods are relatively unremarkable. Specific physical signs are lacking. And … Continue reading
