15 Flashcards
1
Q
how to estimate liver size on lateral xray
A
gastric axis
2
Q
what are some causes of big liver with generalized smooth margin
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3
Q
causes of generalized large liver with irregular margins
A
4
Q
causes of focaly big liver
A
5
Q
what can cause small liver
A
- can be normal in deep chested dogs
- younger animals- portosystemic shunts
- older- cirrhosis
6
Q
A
gallstones
7
Q
liver echogenicity on US when compared to spleen, falciform fat and renal cortex
A
- liver should be darker then spleen and fat
- lighter or same color as renal cortex
8
Q
what can cause a diffusely hyperechoic liver on US
A
hyperechoic= brighter
- steroid hepatopathy
- hepatic lipidosis
- DM
- lymphoma- rare
- chronic hepatitis
9
Q
causes of hypoechoic enlarged liver on US
A
acute hepatitis
cholagiohepatitis
lymphoma
Right sided CHF
10
Q
A
spleen
11
Q
A
spleen
12
Q
A
splenic mass
* hematoma
* cancer?
13
Q
spleen: hyperechoic nodule close to vessel
A
benign myelolipoma
14
Q
swiss chese spleen is usually
A
splenic lymphoma
15
Q
A
dog pancreas
16
Q
A
cat pancreas
17
Q
insulinoma will have — BG
A
low!
