VRU 2004 Flashcards
Pennick et al: How many cats and dogs in this study had extrahepatic PSS or idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension with a PV/Ao ratio <0.65?
ALL of them
Pennick et al: What is the positive predictive value and NPV of the combination of a small liver, large kidneys and uroliths on US for a PSS?
PPV = 100%
NPV = 51%
Pennick et al: PV/Ao and PV/CVC ratios were smaller or larger with Extrahepatic PSS than animals with microvascular dysplasia, intrahepatic PSS and normal?
Smaller
Pennick et al: Pennick et al: What is the positive predictive value of CVC turbulance in dogs?
91%
Pennick et al: What is the cut off for the PV/Ao and PV/CVC ratio where no dogs or cats had an extrahepatic shunt?
PV/Ao = >0.8
PV/CVC = >0.75
McConnell et al: MRI findings of medulloblastoma Polish sheepdog, where do medulloblastomas occur?
Cerebellum
McConnell et al: MRI findings of medulloblastoma Polish sheepdog, medulloblastomas are commonly seen in what age of dog and human?
Young
McConnell et al: MRI findings of medulloblastoma Polish sheepdog, besides dogs what other animal commonly has medulloblastomas?
Cows
McConnell et al: MRI findings of medulloblastoma Polish sheepdog, what are the MRI findings off medulloblastomas?
Heterogeneous mass
Hemorrhage
contrast enhancing - mild diffuse patchy
McConnell et al: MRI findings of medulloblastoma Polish sheepdog, what are the reasons for a T1 hyperintense signal (all of them)?
hemorrhage
fat
calcification
nonparamagnetic protein content
necrosis
mucinous
melanin
hypermyelination
ferromagnetic artifact
slow flow artifact
McConnell et al: MRI findings of medulloblastoma Polish sheepdog, Differentials include:
Glioma - usually in old brachycepahlic
Meningiomas
mets - in the caudal fossa is rare in dogs
Nykamp et al: CT dacryocystograpy of the nasolamcrimal duct; what is this diagnosis?
Chronic dacryocystitis with osteomyelitis
Nykamp et al: CT dacryocystograpy of the nasolamcrimal duct; indication for dacryocystography?
Chronic epiphora
Facial swelling
facial trauma
Nykamp et al: CT dacryocystograpy of the nasolamcrimal duct; what is a dacryocystography and how is it done?
Contrast study of the lacrimal duct.
1-3ml of iodinated contrast injected in dorsal or ventral nasal puncta in a dog
Rudich et al: CT of brachial plexus masses, what is the key clinical finding for brachial plexus masses?
Muscle atrophy
Rudich et al: CT of brachial plexus masses, what is the typical contrast enhancement pattern?
Rim enhancement with hypoattenuating center
Sato et al: US findings MCT, What were the changes seen in the liver in dog?
Hyperechoic
Enlarged
Hypoechoic nodules
or
NORMAL
Sato et al: US findings MCT, What were the changes seen in the spleen in dog?
Increase in size
Hypoechoic nodule/nodules
or
NORMAL
Sato et al: US findings MCT, What were the changes seen in the spleen in cat?
Increased size
Mottled
Irregular
or nodules
Sato et al: US findings MCT, Who gets GI involvement of MCT?
Cats! - Ileocecocolic junction and colon
Not dogs
Sato et al: US findings MCT, MCT in the kidney looked like?
Hypoechoic nodules in the kidney.
Sato et al: US findings MCT, where are Mast cells located mostly?
Dermis
Intestinal tract
Liver
Sato et al: US findings MCT, what breed of cat is at increased risk of developing cutaneous MCT?
Siamese
Hecht et al: testicular torsion cryptorchidism, is common associated with what?
malignant transformation - Sertoli Cell
Groman et al: Effects of serial US renal biopsies, what was the long term histopathological effects of multiple 18g needle biopsies?
Nothing (5.5% of randonly selected slices had detectable lesions)
Groman et al: Effects of serial US renal biopsies, what was the long term effects on GFR of multiple 18g needle biopsies?
Nothing
How can you get bile pleuritis without perionitis?
Injury causing adhesion of the gall bladder to the pleura.
Morandi et al: left to right cardiac shunts using scintigraphy, what is used in this study to diagnose these shunts?
99mTc MAA - If no shunt it will aggregate in the lungs
Morandi et al: left to right cardiac shunts using scintigraphy, what was the reason for asymmetry in the distribution of 99Tc MAA?
The location of the shunt… distal to the brachycephalic trunk and left subclavin artery
Morandi et al: left to right cardiac shunts using scintigraphy, how much 99mTc MAA was used?
2-4miC injected IV in the cephalic v
Murray et al: MRI DDFT horse, what was the thickest portion of the DDFT?
Mid-navicular
Murray et al: MRI DDFT horse, was there strong correlation between the medial and lateral lobes, and the right and left legs?
YES that stayed consistently the same if normal.
Murray et al: MRI DDFT horse, enlarged lobe of the DDFT was correlated with what type of lesion?
Core lesion
Drost et al: CT normal cat thyroids, normal HU of a cat thyroid? Post contrast arterial vs delayed?
123 HU - normal
132 HU - Delayed
168 HU - Arterial
Zwingberger et al: CT dual phase portal angiography normal dog, When was the peak enhancement for the aorta and the portal v?
Aorta - 15s
Portal v - 33s
Vignoli et al: CT biopsy, what was the overall accuracy of CT guided biopsy and FNA?
96% with no complications.
Schwarz et al: Thick slice reformatting from thin slices, what was the overall conclusion of this paper?
Reformatting thick slices from thinner slices (1mm to 5mm in dog, 2mm into 10mm in horses) reduces artifacts…mainly volume avg and beam hardening
Innes et al; rad progression of stifle osteoarthritis, what was the one sign that was NOT reliable?
Subchondral sclerosis.
Owen et al: Material in middle ear on MRI, what breed type is predisposed to material in the middle ear?
Brachycephalics
Owen et al: Material in middle ear on MRI, what was the imaging characteristic of otitis media?
Contrast enhancement of the bulla lining.
Fischetti et al: Gastric pneumatosis with GDV, What the positive and negative predictive value of gastric pneumatosis for predicting gastric necrosis?
Positive = 41%
Negative = 75%
Basically gastric pneumatosis is not good at predicting gastric necrosis
Fischetti et al: Gastric pneumatosis with GDV, sensitivity or specificity of gastric pneumatosis for predicting gastric necrosis?
14% sensitive
93% specific
Still not reliable indicator for indicators of resection - neither is pneumoperitoneum (called benign in humans)
Audigie et al: MRI brain abscess in filly, what was the signal characteristics of the capsule?
T1 isointense
T2 hypointense
Likely due to hemosiderin-laden macrophages.
What wobblers dog is predisposed to post-myelographic seizures?
Male dobies
What does linear traction of the cervical spine do to demonstrate dynamic compression in wobbler dogs?
Pic of a wobblers dog pre-linear traction
Reduces compression…unlike dorsal extension which increases compression
Pic after linear traction
Pease et al: US of colon thickness in horses with colonic torsion, when using >9mm for the colonic wall what was the sensitivity for predicting a colonic torsion?
67%
Pease et al: US of colon thickness in horses with colonic torsion, when using <9mm for the colonic wall what was the specificity for saying there is no a colonic torsion?
100%
OBrien et al: drug induced splenic congrestion US, what drug causes significant increase in size?
Acepromazine and thiopental
Propofol DID NOT
OBrien et al: drug induced splenic congrestion US, what other US characteristics were changed on exams after using Acepromazine?
Significantly more attenuation and backscatter indicating congestion
What is happening in this bird? The bird is ataxic and lossing weight.
The crop is small and the proventriculus is huge.
Like Proventricular dilation syndrome- Upper GI study is needed.
Bornavirus
Fife et al: Splenic masses CECT, Malignant mass were found to have what significant difference in the HUs?
Lower on both pre and post contrast.