Ch 9. Liver Flashcards
Normal gall bladder thickness in the canine patient.
1-2 mm
Normal gall bladder thickness in the canine patient.
1-2 mm
What is the normal gall bladder thickness in the feline patient?
What is the normal diameter of the canine common bile duct?
3 mm or less
What is the normal diameter of the feline common bile duct?
4 mm or less
Doppler ultrasound has been used to assess the appearance and closure time of the ductus venous in neonatal Irish Wolfhounds at what age did the ductus close?
9 days after birth
What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the canine patient?
10-25 cm/sec
What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the feline patient?
10-12 cm/sec
What is the normal gall bladder thickness in the feline patient?
What is the normal diameter of the canine common bile duct?
3 mm or less
What is the normal diameter of the feline common bile duct?
4 mm or less
Doppler ultrasound has been used to assess the appearance and closure time of the ductus venous in neonatal Irish Wolfhounds at what age did the ductus close?
9 days after birth
What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the canine patient?
10-25 cm/sec
What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the feline patient?
10-12 cm/sec
Cystlike structures may originate from the biliary tract in what canine breeds?
Cairn terriers, West highland white terriers.
What is the most common organism cultured from hepatic abscesses?
E.coli
What other disease has been associated with an increased risk for hepatic abscessation?
Diabetes M.
Liver torsion is more common to occur in large breed dogs? what lobe is most commonly affected?
Left lateral liver lobe.
In dogs metastatic liver tumors are more common than primary. Is the same true for felids?
No. Primary hepatobiliary tumors are more common than metastatic tumors in the liver.
Does identifiying a normal ultrasonographic liver rule out the possibility of mast cell infiltration?
No
