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1 year old DSH

November 14, 2019 By Allison Zwingenberger

This week’s case is a 1-year-old male neutered Domestic Shorthair with respiratory distress and PCV of 10%. What are your differential diagnoses?

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Findings

The cardiac silhouette is markedly enlarged and rounded. The pulmonary vasculature is enlarged and there is a bronchointerstitial pattern in the caudal lung lobes. The remainder of the thoracic structures appear normal.
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Differential Diagnosis

  • Cardiomegaly (dilated cardiomyopathy, volume distension)
  • Pulmonary edema secondary to heart failure

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Diagnosis

Cardiac dilation secondary to increased cardiac volume with high volume heart failure. Possible early DCM. Myelofibrosis was found as the reason for the severe anemia and pancytopenia.

Filed Under: Case of the Day, Feline, Radiographs, Thorax

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