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1 year old German Shepherd

July 13, 2015 By Allison Zwingenberger

This week’s case is a CT scan of a 1 year old German Shepherd dog with 1-week history of fever and swelling of the left eye. Take a look and post your comments.

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Findings

There is a tracking hypoattenuating lesion with strong peripheral contrast enhancement, which is most pronounced in the left retro-bulbar region. The lesion can be visualized extending caudally between masticatory muscle bellies to the level of the left tympanic bulla. The left mandibular and medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes are moderately enlarged. The right mandibular lymph nodes are mildly enlarged.

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Diagnosis

Localized cellulitis with draining tract, likely due to a migrating foreign body, such as a grass awn. Associated lymphadenopathy.

 
Case originally posted on April 24, 2008

Filed Under: Canine, Case of the Day, CT/MRI, Musculoskeletal

Comments

  1. Tobias Schwarz says

    May 6, 2008 at 11:03 am

    This is a great case for a FB CT. I suspect the FB pentrated orally. If the main problem is pain on mastcation, then an additional open mouth CT can helpful in many cases where the lesion is not as obvious as this one.

    Tobias

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