Thrombosis is a complication of many diseases in veterinary medicine. Heart disease, protein losing nephropathy and steroid therapy or hyperadrenocorticism can all predispose an animal to arterial or venous thrombi. Many of the systemic vessels involved are located in the abdomen and visible on abdominal ultrasound. We can identify thrombosis during an acute episode or [...]
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Chronic liver diseases cause damage to the normal liver parenchyma. Eventually, most of the hepatocytes are replaced with fibrous tissue and islands of nodular regeneration. When we see these cases in ultrasound, there are some characteristic changes to look for.
The liver is small and nodular
A small, nodular liver is very typical of cirrhosis. The [...]
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