suspect prolific bladder tumor vs. polypoid cystitis
14 year old FS DSH. Initial inappropriate urination and hematuria in October. Full workup at nearby referral hospital including blood work (mild azotemia), abdominal ultrasound (one proliferative mass appearing region ventral bladder wall 1.8 cm long and two smaller dorsal mass like/proliferative regions dorsal wall to the right in trigone region), and UA (marked hematuria…
duodenal ulcer?
9 year old MN Great Dane, febrile, lethargic. Does this look like a duodenal ulcer? I did not appreciate much surrounding inflammation. CBC unremarkable. albumin 1.9, globulins 5.8. Some GI stasis and poor motility on rest of ultrasound, but otherwise unremarkable. I have not encountered duodenal ulcers before – any specific treatment recommendations different from…
Aortic anomaly?
Maverick is a 12 year old FS GSP. She has had an increased urge to urinate, waking owner up at night, but not having accidents. Per owner, has improved with proin treatment. Previous UA was WNL. Blood work has not been performed in over 6 months. Has a mottled splenic nodule not changing the shape…
continuous incontinence following OHE
5 year old FS Husky who had a pyometra at age 4 and was spayed at that time. Has had continuous incontinence, not cyclical, since that time. She is constantly licking. Did not respond to DES or PPA. UA’s in the past were unremarkable and no reported blood work abnormalities. On ultrasound, I was able…
4 year old FS Lab x w/ mild azotemia
Intermittent vaginal discharge. I’m sorry, but don’t have recent UA results other than to know she had a normal UPC. History of intermittent vaginal discharge and mild azotemia. Kidneys appear WNL and there is no history of any urinary incontenence, but owners state their carpet is an unusual color and may make it hart to…
Redbone with regenerative anemia, hypoproteinemia, and enlarged liver
Would love some input on this case. 11 year old FI Redbone presenting for lethargy and decreased appetite. No reported vomiting or diarrhea. Her ultrasound was not that exciting (sorry for no photos). She had an enlarged, homogenous liver w/ normal echogenicity. Her uterus did have some anechoic fluid (mild). Did not have a complete…
strange appearing stomach ingesta
7 year old FS Lab – ate some greese from BBQ grill a few days ago. Has been hospitalized for tx of enteritis and just did U/S today. Patient had eaten a small amount of food including a cheese stick prior to doing the ultrasound. Is this honey comb appearance to the ingesta anything I…
2 year old FI English Bulldog with 3 month history of weight loss – small bowel mucosal changes
Chronic diarrhea with acute onset bloody diarrhea. Blood work unremarkable other than mildly low albumin at 2.4. Cortisol WNL. Primary ultrasound finding were the small bowel changes noted in the attached images. I realized biopsy is the needed, but would you say the images suggest lymphangectasia (mild stippling of mucosal layer)? Possible concurrent inflammatory bowel…
Feline small cell lymphoma in subcutaneous lymph node
I did a staging ultrasound on a 5 year old FS DSH. She had a lump in her caudal mammary region removed that histo showed was a lymph node containing small cell lymphoma. I do not think they did immunohistochemistry to differentiate T-cell and B-cell origin, but please comment if that would affect your recommendation…
prostatic mineralization vs. urolith
10 yr old MN German Shepherd. Hematuria on UA (none appreciated grossly). Also having some frank rectal discharge. Normal appearing distal colon on ultrasound. Looking for some input on the hyperechoic area in the prostate. Not appreciating shadowing. Could this be a urolith? Non painful. A urinary catheter was passed easily into the bladder, no…