Ch 9. Liver

Question 1

Normal gall bladder thickness in the canine patient.

Answer 1

1-2 mm

Question 2

Normal gall bladder thickness in the canine patient.

Answer 2

1-2 mm

Question 3

What is the normal gall bladder thickness in the feline patient?

Question 4

What is the normal diameter of the canine common bile duct?

Answer 4

3 mm or less

Question 5

What is the normal diameter of the feline common bile duct?

Answer 5

4 mm or less

Question 6

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?

Answer 6

9 days after birth

Question 7

What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the canine patient?

Answer 7

10-25 cm/sec

Question 8

What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the feline patient?

Answer 8

10-12 cm/sec

Question 9

What is the normal gall bladder thickness in the feline patient?

Question 10

What is the normal diameter of the canine common bile duct?

Answer 10

3 mm or less

Question 11

What is the normal diameter of the feline common bile duct?

Answer 11

4 mm or less

Question 12

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?

Answer 12

9 days after birth

Question 13

What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the canine patient?

Answer 13

10-25 cm/sec

Question 14

What is the normal range of normal portal blood flow velocity in the main portal vein, in the feline patient?

Answer 14

10-12 cm/sec

Question 15

Cystlike structures may originate from the biliary tract in what canine breeds?

Answer 15

Cairn terriers, West highland white terriers.

Question 16

What is the most common organism cultured from hepatic abscesses?

Answer 16

E.coli

Question 17

What other disease has been associated with an increased risk for hepatic abscessation?

Answer 17

Diabetes M.

Question 18

Liver torsion is more common to occur in large breed dogs? what lobe is most commonly affected?

Answer 18

Left lateral liver lobe.

Question 19

In dogs metastatic liver tumors are more common than primary. Is the same true for felids?

Answer 19

No. Primary hepatobiliary tumors are more common than metastatic tumors in the liver.

Question 20

Does identifiying a normal ultrasonographic liver rule out the possibility of mast cell infiltration?

Answer 20

No