Week 1 - Diagnostic options made SIMPLE

Question 1

What imagining modality of preferred for the nose and chest?

Nose = sneezing/nasal discharge
Chest = breathlessness

Answer 1

Nose = CT, (radiography)

Chest= Radiography, CT

Question 2

What imagining modality of preferred for the thorax?

Answer 2

Ultrasound = pleural space and lungs

Question 3

An animal presents with sneezing and nasal discharge, what is the best diagnostic imaging you can do?

Answer 3

CT scan (can see soft tissue and no overlay of bone/teeth)

Not available = Radiography (but often overlap making it difficult to interpret)

Question 4

An animal presents with breathlessness, and you suspect pleural space disease, what is the best diagnostic imaging you can do?

Answer 4

Thoracic ultrasound (TFAST)

Question 5

An animal presents with breathlessness, and you suspect lung disease, what is the best diagnostic imaging you can do?

Answer 5

Radiography

CT Scan

Question 6

An animal presents with cough, what is the best diagnostic imaging you can do?

Answer 6

Airway disease can be investigated by:
- Radiography
- CT Scan
- Bronchoscopy