11-years-old male crossbreed was presented with a mass at the right elbow. A CT-scan of the elbows and thorax was performed
Continue readingThoracic spinal mass with extradural extension in a dog
5-year-old male German Shepperd dog with pelvic limbs weakness. A mass at the level of thoracic vertebrae is detected during the general physical examination.
A thoracic spine CT is performed.
Heart-base mass with associated cranial vena cava syndrome in a dog
11-year-old female French Bulldog with edema in the region of the head and neck with increased upper airway sounds. Head, neck, and thoracic CT scan was performed.
Continue readingCanine erosive joint disease
2-year-old male crossbreed dog, rescued with left forelimb lameness, decreased extension and flexion of the left shoulder and soft tissue swelling.
A shoulder CT-scan was performed.
Abscess and multiple fistulas secondary to a foreign body, causing cholecystitis in a dog
Nine-years old male German Shepherd was presented with recurrent inflammation in different areas of the costal wall and ventral abdomen. He had previous history of foreign body removal (palm tree spike). Dense serosanguinous fluid has been drained from this area and it was consistent with septic exudate. A CT of the thorax and abdomen was performed.
Continue readingEsophageal mass in a dog
12-year-old male Maltese with respiratory distress that worsened within hours. Thoracic CT was performed.
Continue readingMultiple cervical and thoracic vertebral fractures in a dog
5-year-old male crossbreed hit by a car with tetraplegia and cervical pain. A cervico-thoracic spine CT was performed.
Continue readingPolyarthritis and lobar emphysema in a young dog
6-months-old male spanish hound. Three weeks ago, he presented with tachypnoea, fever, and apathy; he was diagnosed with bronchopneumonia. A blood culture was performed and Pasteurella canis was isolated. A few days ago, he started with painful joints and thoracolumbar spine.
A CT scan of fore limbs, pelvic limbs, thoracolumbar spine and thorax was performed.
Discospondylitis caused by migrating foreign body
2-year-old female, crossbreed dog. She has been avoiding any kind of activity for 4-5 weeks. Then she started with lameness of the right pelvic limb.
Continue readingSublumbar mass
8-years-old female boxer with pelvic limbs weakness and leishmaniosis. In the radiographic study of the lumbar spine, a soft tissue lesion with mineralizations at the ventral aspect of the vertebral bodies of L7-S1 was seen.
An abdominal CT was performed.