For those of you doing ultrasound in practice, there are some fundamental facts about the vascular anatomy of the liver that are useful to know. The liver has a dual blood supply, with 75% coming from the portal vein, and 25% from the hepatic artery. The portal vein delivers nutrient-rich and … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2007
Cardiology cases
I recently discovered VetGo Cardiology, written by my former cardiology professor, Dr. O'Grady. It's a good, up to date, collection of cases involving thoracic radiology and heart disease. Cardiology is one of those areas that radiologists and general practitioners deal with fairly regularly, so … [Read more...]
Pets will eat the strangest things
I read a great post at Dolittler yesterday that inspired me to show some of my best radiographs. Dr. Khuly has a fun example of a gastric foreign body that you can see clearly on the x-ray. The post, and the comments that follow are a testament to the fact that pets will eat anything, and vets have … [Read more...]
The solitary, indistinct pulmonary nodule
One of the most frustrating things to diagnose is a single, ill-defined pulmonary nodule. It is usually an animal with cancer, and the clinician wants to check it for metastatic disease. For a clear positive answer, we would like to see multiple, well-defined soft tissue nodules in the lungs. Is it … [Read more...]
Ultrasound Tuesday
For all of you practicing ultrasound out there, I thought I would talk about abdominal ultrasound on weekly basis. It's a discipline that requires a lot of skill, and the more cases you see, the better. One part is being able to get the images you would like, and the others are recognizing what you … [Read more...]
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