linear foreign body in ileum?
4.5 month old MI Golden vomiting for 2 days, still wants to eat. Diarrhea with small amount of blood. Has been dewormed and fully vaccinated. Toddler in home. Corrugated ileum, thickened. Not 100% convinced there is linear material within the lumen. Rest of bowel looks ok other than thickened, empty descending colon. There is a…
residual ectopic ureter?
9 year old FS Husky mix current UTI and non-regenerative disease. Unremarkable ultrasound other than finding this distended left ureter. Was thinking it is an ectopic ureter, but pcDVM later found out pet has had surgery for this with the ureter having been attached to the lateral blad wall. I would love some input on…
renal dysplasia in a 7 month old Golden?
7 month old FI Golden without clinical symptoms. Pre-spay blood work showed mild anemia, Bun 43, creat 1.5, K 5.5, SpG on first morning sample 1.014. Kidneys did not look concerning to me, but would love your input and also recommendations on what you would do next for this adorable pup.
retained placenta vs. metritis
4 year old FI Dachshund 4th litter 4 days prior. Presented for tachypnea. Day after whelping vomiting. Started on antibiotics for suspected metritis (CSU report says fluid in uterus on AFAST). Day 4 BW – severe thrombocytopenia, normal WBCs, PCV/TP 30/5.4, albumin 1.4. Thoracic rads – unstructured interstitial to alveolar pattern, suspected pneumonia or hemorrhage….
hyperechoic enlarged kidneys
10 yr FS DSH with diarrhea and mild azotemia. Ultrasound a few months ago showed plump mesenteric lymph nodes and mild kidney enlargement with hyperechoic cortices. The kidneys have increased in size on today’s exam and are both 4.8/4.9 cm in diameter. What differentials should I be including?
‘Fluffy’ hyperechoic splenic nodules
13 year old FS Setter mix with suspected hyperadrenocorticism – enlarged adrenals and liver as well as polydipsia and coat issues. Has also developed diarrhea responsive to GI Biome diet and appetite is decreased with mild weight loss. These splenic nodules look more fluffy that I would expect with myelolipomas. Also wondering if you think…
severe weight loss over several months, progressing hyporexia, acute vomiting and diarrhea
12 yr FS American Bulldog with several month hx of weight loss. In April, an ultrasound showed significant stomach wall thickening and blood work ALT in 800’s, albumin 1.9. Current blood work, albumin 2, ALT 125, T bili 0.7. On ultrasound today, liver looked normal. Wondering about mild jejunal mucosal fogging and muscularis thickening as…
developing liver shunt from decreased function?
12 yr old MN Golden retriever with up and down weight loss/poor appetite requiring homemade diet. Proteinuria and hypertension treated with benazapril. Two previous ultrasounds have shown a stable hyperechoic nodules dorso-lateral to the cystic duct, otherwise unremarkable liver. ALP was in 300’s initially, blood work and UA/UPC has not been repeated in last few…
stone passage and infarctions?
5 yr indoor only MN DSH with renal azotemia, normal HCT and low normal K. The right kidney looks like infarctions (BP on very spicy cat under sedation was 170 systolic initially, so started amlodipine) and the left appears hydronephrosis. Could trace the ureter until just cranial to bladder. No visible stone other than the…
focal enteritis?
11 month old FS DLH with acute vomiting and abdominal pain. Thought this loop of jejunum had some muscularis layer thickening and overall thickness at upper end with plump ileocolic lymph nodes. Rest of small bowel unremarkable other than some gas in the lumen. Please comment on the jejunum appearance and any next steps you…