Case Index - July 2005 - Case of the Month.
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Signalment: 6 year old female spayed DSH
History: Thoracic radiographs were taken for a geriatric health profile; a large soft tissue opacity cranial to the heart was identified. Thoracic ultrasound was recommended.
Thoracic ultrasound:
What are your findings?
What is your diagnosis?
Answer:
Thoracic ultrasound:
A large thin walled cyst filled with anechoic fluid, measuring 7 x 5 cm is present cranial to the heart.
Ultrasonographic diagnosis:
Cranial mediastinal cyst (probable branchial cyst).
