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STEEPLECHASE ULTRASONOGRAPHY Flashcards

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Frequency

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No. diff sound waves that pass through point at any given time

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High freq

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  • Good axial resolution
  • More rapid beam attenuation - lose energy from beam quicker
  • Poor penetration
  • Cardiac scanning- better resolution, low penetration
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Low freq

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  • Poor axial resolution
  • Less rapid beam attenuation
  • Better penetration
  • E.g. Large dog w/ deep abdo
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Depth

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Should be set so image takes up 2/3 of screen - centimetre markers

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Gain

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  • Overall brightness of image
  • Further from the probe, more gain required to achieve same level of brightness
  • Time gain compensation (TGC) - controls brightness at diff levels through tissue
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Focus/focal zone

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  • Improves lateral resolution - targets perpendicular to beam distinguished from each other
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Echogenicity

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  • Due to beam attenuation - reflects normal tissue back to transducer, fluid e.g. cysts = attenuation
  • Normal organs + tissues displayed as shades of grey
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Isoechoic

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Structures same shade of grey

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Hypoechoic

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Darker shade of grey

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Hyperechoic

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Lighter shade of grey

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Anechoic

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  • Black structure
  • E.g. Fluid, cyst
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Describing US image

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  • L - location - normal/displaced?
  • E - echotexture - anechoic, hypoechoic, isoechoic, hyperchoic; homo/heterogeneous
  • M - measurement/size
  • O - outline/margin - disruption/capsule of organ - smooth, well-defined?
  • N - No. organs correct, lesions etc
  • S - shape/size - reference to another organ
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Artefacts

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  • Reverberation - gas/parallel reflective surfaces -> hyperechoic parallel bright lines e.g. in lungs
  • Mirror image - highly reflective curved surfaces e.g. diaphragm
  • Acoustic enhancement - US beam not attenuated by fluid + passes straight through -> bright acoustic area distal to fluid filled structure e.g. bladder/gall bladder
  • Acoustic shadowing - highly attenuating structure e.g. calculi/bone/gas (get comet tail) - all waves reflected -> hypoechoic shadow below structure
  • Edge shadowing - beam changes direction at fluid/tissue interface -> hypoechoic streaks from curved structure edge
  • Poor probe contact - insufficient clipping/not enough gel -> air trapping
  • Slice thickness - pseudo-sludge e.g. bladder/gallbladder, part of beam is wider than cystic (circular structure), mimics tissue interface within fluid-filled structure
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Distal acoustic enhancement

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  • Spleen heterogenous compared to liver; liver more homogenous, only in comparison!
  • If spleen itself was heterogenous, tumour within spleen, more epitexture
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Heterogenous - haemangiosarcoma/lymphoma, tumour

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Acoustic enhancement

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Indications - POCUS SCAN (point of care US) - emergency (abdo)

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  • Identify and sample free fluid
  • Identify free gas
  • Evaluation the intestines for obstruction
  • Evaluate pancreas region for signs of inflammation
  • Evaluation the biliary tract for signs of obstruction or perforation
  • Evaluation of the urinary tract for obstruction or rupture
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Indications - elective (abdo)
- Medical + Sx work-up - Staging of neoplasia - Abdo organ/mass sampling - Intra-abdo biopsy - System specific investigation e.g. pyo, PD, ascites
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Equipment + patient prep
- Microconvex transducer - 5 - 8 MHz - Withhold food for 12 hours - Appropriate environment - quiet, low lighting, animal comfortable - Abdominal hair clipping - from xiphoid to pubis - Dorsal or lateral recumbency - don't place unstable in dorsal - Assistants for restraint
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Approaching US exam checklist
- 1). Number – correct number organs / single or multiple abnormalities - 2). Location – does an abnormality displace an organ - 3). Function – is the heart beating/the GI tract peristalsis etc. - 4). Size – can you compare to breed ‘normal’ - 5). Echogenicity – focal or diffuse changes - 6). Architecture – disruptions often marked in chronic disease - 7). Shape – very subjective, although can be affected by masses - 8). Margins – normally smooth and well defined
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POCUS abdo protocol
- Logical approach - Each organ evaluated in all planes + fanning probe - Identify abnormalities - R lateral = xiphoid process -> liver -> stomach -> spleen -> L kidney -> SI -> colon -> urinary bladder -> +/- prostate
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POCUS - AFAST - sites
- DH = diaphragmatic-heptic view - CC = cystocolic view - SR = splenorenal view - HR = hepatorenal view - Each site in two planes at 90 degrees - Give abdo fluid score - 0 - 4 for no. fluid +ive areas, inc score w/ ongoing fluid accum, dec score = resorption of fluid
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DH - Diaphragmatic hepatic view
- Diaphragm - Fluid - Cranial
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CC - cystocolic view
- Back of abdo (caudal) - Bladder - Colon
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SR - splenorenal view
- Spleen - Kidney - LHS
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HR - hepatorenal view
- Liver - Bladder - RHS
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Liver
- Pos - cranial abdo, begin scanning from xiphoid process of sternum - Normal = medium echogenicity + homogenous, size difficult to determine - Hepatic v enters via CVC ventrally - Portal vein - bright white walls due to fibrous content
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Gall bladder
- Pear shape/bi-lobed in cats - Thin walls -> echogenic line - Bilary tree not normally seen (if dilated = too many 'tubes')
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- Liver neoplasia - Focal lesions likely metastasis
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- Liver neoplasia - Hypoechoic areas of cavitation
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- Steroid-induced hepatopathy - Hyperechoic w/ rounded border
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- Normal gall bladder - Pseudo sludge + acoustic enhancement
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Gall bladder - sediment
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Gall bladder - mucocele
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Spleen
- Pos - left body wall - Normal - fine granular texture, hyperechoic to liver, more echogenoic than renal cortex, variable in size
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Spleen
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Splenic neoplasia
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GIT
- 5 layers - ideally 7.5 MHx to visualise all layers - Serosa = hyperechoic - Muscularis = hypoechoic - Submucosa = hyperechoic - Mucosa = thick hypoechoic - Lumen interface = hyperechoic
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GIT - thickness of wall layers
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Stomach
- Caudal to liver, rugal folds (spoke wheel) - Measure wall thickness between rugal folds - Areas often obscured by gas/ingesta
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Stomach - abnormalities
- Pos - Size - Mural lesions - gastric ulcerations, FB
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Gastric ulceration
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Small intestine
- Duodenum - straight course curving to join pylorus - Ileum - more prominent submucosal layer/ileocolic junction in fixed pos right mid abdo - Large intestine - thin wall, assessment difficult due to shadowing from faeces
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- Intussusception of SI w/ characteristic multi-layer appearance - > 5 layers - Young puppies - high worm burden - Neoplasia
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- SI - inflam bowel disease - Mucosa increased echogenicity - Focal hyperechoic speckles
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- Circumferential wall thickening + loss wall layering - Suggestive of neoplasia (callipers indicate wall thickness)
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Pancreas
- Pancreatitis = hyperechoic mesenteric fat, localised free fluid, may appear enlarged, hypoechoic + heterogenous; cannot be distinguished from neoplasia by US, + Dx tests - If cannot find on US = normal - Similar echogenicity to mesenteric fat, fan slowly to identify - Easier to see on LHS - due to spleen
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Body of pancreas (BP) caudal to pylorus of stomach (S), with portal vein (PV)
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- Land markers for R limb pancreas - Duodenum (top) - Caudate lobe liver (bottom left) - Right kidney (bottom right)
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Landmarks for L limb of pancreas - Spleen (Sp) - Stomach (St) - Colon (C) - Splenic vein (SV)
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Kidneys
- Pos - right more difficult to image as more cranial and dorsal Normal Anatomy - Capsule – thin hyperechoic line - Cortex – medium echogenicity (glomeruli and vasculature) - Medulla – hypoechoic triangular sections caused by intralobar vessels - Renal Sinus – hyperechoic (fat) - Ureter – anechoic but not seen unless dilated
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Kidneys size
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- Ethylene glycol toxicosis - Hyperechoic cortex and medullary rim sign. (arrow)
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- Renal tumour - heterogenous mass at caudal pole
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- Hydronephrosis - dilated renal pelvis, lost differentiation - DDx = obstructed kidney -> ureteric stone, > 7 mm + presenting CS
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- Renal cysts - hypoechoic smooth, round structures disrupting normal architecture
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Left adrenal gland
- Between kidney + aorta, cranial to L renal a. - Bean/peanut shape - Hypoechoic
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Right adrenal gland
- Medial to R kidney - Superimposed over CVC - Bent arrow shape - Hypoechoic
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Normal feline left adrenal gland, smaller + more oval-shaped
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Adrenal glands - abnormalities
- 7 - 8 mm max in dog - 4 mm max in cat - Mineralisation of tumours in dogs = suspicious of carcinoma - Pituitary dependent HAC - both moderately enlarged + hypoechoic
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Adrenal gland hyperplasia - patients undergoing trilostane therapy (Cushing's)
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- Neoplasia of the Right adrenal gland - Sagittal plane image shows a hypoechoic mass in the region of the right adrenal gland (red arrow) - Invasion of the adjacent caudal vena cava (blue arrow) and interruption to the blood flow within the vena cava can be seen (red asterisk) by the lack of coloured pixels within the colour doppler sample gate (yellow box)
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Urinary bladder
- Bladder wall = 1.5 - 2.5 mm (dog) / 1.3 - 1.7 mm (cat) - Wall will appear thicker if bladder empty - Contents should be anechoic - Echogenic material seen in suspension (cellular debris/sediment/crystals)
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Urinary bladder artefacts
- Slice thickness – pseudo sludge (will not move with gravity) - Acoustic enhancement - Acoustic Shadow ( if urinary calculi)
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Bladder calculi - distal acoustic shadowing
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Chronic cystitis - thickening of bladder wall
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Bladder neoplasia - echogenic mass w/o distal acoustic shadowing
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Prostate
- Pos - caudal to bladder + ventral to descending colon - Normal = thin capsule, bilobed + symmetrical either side of urethra, will appear more hypoechoic in castrated animals
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Prostatitis w/ abscess - hypoechoic nodule within parenchyma
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Benign prostatic (generalised) enlargement - hyperechoic + smooth appearance - most common
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Prostatic adenocarcinoma - irregular margin + heterogenous echotexture
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- Leydig cell tumour - A - longitudinal - B - transverse - Circumscribed hypoechoic mass w/ two anaechoic regions
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Uterus - pregnancy, conceptuses present from 30 d
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Uterus - pyometra

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