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1 year old Bengal cat

August 4, 2016 By Allison Zwingenberger

Today’s case is a 1-year-old male neutered Bengal cat with grade 4/6 holosystolic heart murmur and increased respiratory rate. What is your radiographic diagnosis?

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Findings

The cardiac silhouette is enlarged on all projections. The pulmonary vasculature is distended, and there is patchy interstitial to alveolar pattern in the left and right cranial lung lobes as well as the dependent portion of the right caudal lung lobe.

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Differential Diagnosis

Congenital cardiac disease with heart failure.

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Diagnosis

Aortic stenosis with heart failure.
Valvular and supravalvular aortic stenosis was diagnosed on echocardiography. The left atrium was enlarged and there was concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with mitral and aortic valve insufficiency.

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

Comments

  1. filipko says

    August 4, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Hello,
    Good case, can you say there is cardiogenic pulmonary edema? Because of this patchy pattern

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