Posted on June 9, 2009 by Brian
Whats Your Diagnosis #3
History: A feeder pig was found dead in the morning, it was thinner than its penmates.
Gross Necropsy: (no photos)
The lungs were loosely adhered to the thoracic body wall by multiple strands of fibrin. The lungs were diffusely edematous and firm.
The pericardium contained approximately 200 mls of fluid. The right ventricle was severely enlarged and the [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2008 by Brian
Whats Your Diagnosis # 2
History:
A 2 year old male castrated Siberian Husky with history of anorexia for an indeterminate amount of time and began vomiting 2 weeks before time of death.
Radiographs: Diffuse hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, pleural effusion, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, pulmonary alveolar disease and a tracheobronchial mass.
Ultrasound exam: Multiple hypoechoic nodules in the liver, [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2008 by Brian
Whats your diagnosis? #1 (last updated July 10th)
A 3 week old DSH kitten died suddenly after 2 days of diarrhea.
Differential Diagnosis for Multifocal liver necrosis in a kitten:
Viral:
FIP
Bacterial:
Salmonellosis
Tularemia
Yersinia spp
Nocardia spp
E. coli
Clostridium piliforme
Protozoal:
Toxoplasma gondii
Fungal:
Histoplasmosis
Here are the histo pics:
There are multifocal areas of necrosis with very little associated inflammation in the liver. We [...]
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