Veterinary Ultrasound Resources
Archive Cases of the Month For Year:  2011 | 2010 | 2009  
 
January 2012
Lymphoma Does What Lymphoma Does. Anorexia, weight loss, “not doin’ right” are the usual signs in cats that make us suspect lymphoma or similar neoplasia but have us hope for pancreatitis, biliary disease, obstructive urolithiasis, orthopedic disease and other treatable disease with similar vague signs. However, when the uncontrolled cell growth of lymphoma strikes and causes every affected organ to “burst at the seams,” this is what the organs under the probe present like which we then sample accordingly. Dr, Marty Henderson of www.sonovet.us teams up with the amazing Claudia Barton DACVIM (Oncology) for the lymphoma diagnosis in this cat for the January, 2012 SonoPath Case of the month.
 
December 2011
SAM I AM…. No, this is not Green Eggs & Ham and Drs. Modler & Lindquist are not Dr. Seuss but have surely read tons of Seuss to their kids. At times a story that creates a visual in one’s mind helps the diagnostician identify with the pathology. Peter & Eric tell a story about a significant morphological defect, systolic anterior motion (SAM), mainly found in some cats that have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This month Drs. Peter Modler & Eric Lindquist discuss SAM in cats and the latest on how to approach it clinically and sonographically in our December 2011 case of the month.
 
November 2011
It’s a clot! No it’s a thrombus! Or… maybe it’s a mass… What are those things messing with Tomie Timon’s Doppler in the pulmonic outflow tract in this echocardiogram? Tomie Timon RDMS of Eugene, Oregon, shows us “what does this” with Dr. Peter Modler’s help from sunny AustriaJ. Oh yes the world is truly flat Mr. Friedman when veterinary diagnoses come from half way across the planet by means of an Oregon-Austrian connection.
 
October 2011
Stanley has Cushing's disease. Is Stanley a Beagle? A Dachshund? A Yorkie? No, Stanley is a DSH house cat and take a look what his adrenal was doing and how Trilostane did put the brakes on the disease progression to some point to allow Stanley to have some quality time. "Give adrenals a chance."
Imaging and clinical interpretation by Eric Lindquist DMV, DABVP.

 
September 2011
ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) and PS (Pulmonic Stenosis). Where there is one congenital defect, there is often another. SonoPath cardiology collaborator Dr. Peter Modler brings us a King Charles Spaniel with an Atrial Septal Defect and Pulmonic Stenosis direct from Austria for the September 2011 case of the month.
Take a look at Peter's folder and many cardiology case studies in the specialty folder tab accessible on the home page.

 
August 2011
How many kidneys does a cat really need? Extra parts, unusual parts, and not enough parts in 3 cats with “wacked” kidneys and a little pancreas comprise the SonoPath cases of the month.
Imaging by Casey DVM DABVP, Parkinson RDMS, & Lindquist DMV, DABVP.
July 2011
Bubble Study. How To Make Bubbles In Veterinary Medicine. A 6-Year-Old Shih Tzu Dog presented for exercise intolerance & cardiomegaly without an audible murmur. Dr. Doug Casey of English Bay Ultrasound, Vancouver, B.C. performs a bubble study to confirm a reverse ventricular septal defect in collaboration with Dr. Eric Lindquist (Sparta, NJ, USA) & Dr. Peter Modler (Austria). See the attached PowerPoint by Dr. Modler “How To Make Bubbles.” 
June 2011
“G.I.– KV” What grows in the mesenteric root of our feline patients? Let the sampling begin! Tomie Timon RDMS of Animal Sounds Mobile Imaging, Eugene, Oregon with Dr. Sharon Bouin at  Corvalis Cat Care bring us Annie, a case of mesenteric root pathology with a complex, interesting, and surprising sampling outcome. Mesenteric nodal pathology can have quite a personality at times.
 
May 2011
ADR = "Aint Doing Right" is often an adrenal problem. Check out what we may have been missing for years in adrenal pathology with Bailey the Basset Hound; the May 2011 SonoPath case of the month.

 
April 2011
Dry Form Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Another great mystery turned inside out with the ultrasound probe.
 
 
March 2011
Gus String FB with accordion pleating. Linear gastrointestinal foreign body is not just for puppies any more. See how Gus, the 6-year-old Miniature Schnauzer went retro to his puppy days of pica.
 
February 2011
Ultrasound, Pancreas, & Needles. Pancreatic necrosis vs. pancreatic neoplasia? That is the question for Jessie the geriatric Labrador retriever.
 
January 2011
Zooming In On Pancreas & Intestine. Following the lines and losing the curvilinear detail of an organ system. Squeezing the diagnosis out of the sonogram and needle alone. Welcome to our current state of pet owner economy.