Case Index - March 2005 - Case of the Month.
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Signalment: 6 year old male neutered Yorkie
History: presented for 3 days duration of cough
What are your ultrasonographic findings?
What are your differentials?
Answer:
Ultrasonographic findings:
Anechoic effusion is present cranial to the diaphragm free in the pleural space.
Anechoic effusion is present between the liver lobes.
Ultrasonographic diagnosis: Bicavitary effusion.
Differentials include cardiac disease, neoplasia, hypoproteinemia, bleeding disorder.
The dog was diagnosed with biventricular heart failure following ultrasound.
