Case Index - January 2005 - Case of the Month.
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Signalment: 10 year old female spayed DSH
History: 7 day history of poor appetite, progressing to anorexia
What are your ultrasonographic findings?
What are your differential diagnoses?
Answer:
Ultrasonographic findings:
Liver enlarged with many hyperechoic nodules
Moderate amount of free anechoic peritoneal fluid
Kidneys bilaterally enlarged, hypoechoic subcapsular infiltration
Mesenteric lymph nodes moderately enlarged and hypoechoic.
Ultrasound diagnosis:
1. Liver, kidney, and peritoneal infiltrative disease. Differentials include FIP and lymphoma.
PCR of the abdominal effusion was submitted, and tested positive for FIP.
