Case Index - April 2005 - Case of the Month.
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Signalment: 7 year old male intact German Shorthair Pointer
History: Anorexia, vomiting, coughing 4 days duration.
What are your thoracic ultrasonographic findings?
What are your differentials?
Answer:
Ultrasonographic findings:
Right cranial lobe is non aerated.
Multiple hypoechoic nodules on the surface of the lung
Ultrasonographic diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary nodules
2. Right cranial lobar consolidation.
Differentials included neoplastic or fungal disease.
The dog was confirmed to have blastomycosis.
