Imaging Flashcards
What species is this from and what is the dark blue/light blue showing?
Dog
Dark blue = female
Light blue = male
What species is this?
Cat
What type of contrast is shown?
pneumocystogram
negative contrast
What type of contrast is shown?
positive contrast
What type of contrast is shown?
Double contrast
What is the left, middle and right diagram depicting?
Left = urolith (settle in middle)
Middle = blood clot (adhere to wall)
Right = Air bubble/mural lesion (small and uniform at rim)
What is in this bladder?
uroliths
What is in this bladder?
Blood clots
What is in this bladder?
Mural lesion / air bubble
What is a positive contrast study called in a male and female?
Male = retrograde urethro-cystogram
Female = retrograde vagino-urethro-cystogram
How can you differentiate between calculi and air in the urethra?
Air = elongated and move with contrast
What is used for a positive contrast?
iodine
appears white
what is used for negative contrast?
carbon dioxide
nitrous
appears black
What should you sample urine before using contrast?
as contrast is bacteriostatic so will affect sample
What type of contrast do you use with a suspected bladder rupture?
undiluted positive contrast