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12 year old Labrador-Border Collie cross

January 4, 2018 By Allison Zwingenberger

Happy new year! Today’s case is a 12-year-old female spayed Labrador-Border Collie cross presented to Emergency Services after becoming recumbent and having difficulty breathing this evening. What are your findings?

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Findings

The abdomen is distended, and there is poor peritoneal detail throughout the abdomen with a mottled appearance. There is also a mass effect in the cranial abdomen, seen best on the lateral projection caudal to the liver. The remainder of the abdominal organs are obscured by the poor detail.

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Differential Diagnosis

  • peritoneal effusion (carcinomatosis, peritonitis, hemorrhage, transudate)
  • abdominal mass (spleen, liver, pancreas)

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Diagnosis

Ultrasound examination revealed a large splenic mass. Cytology of the abdominal effusion showed acute hemorrhage. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion was also present, and diffuse hemangiosarcoma was suspected.

Filed Under: Abdomen, Canine, Case of the Day, Radiographs

Comments

  1. DustieCat says

    January 5, 2018 at 2:37 am

    Is there also a pleural effusion seen at the edge of the lateral view? Or is that just fat?

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