Abstract

Multimodality diagnostic imaging findings in a dog with a traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst.

Highlights

  • A 3-year-old female entire whippet presented for non-ambulatory paraparesis, approximately 5 hours after an unwitnessed trauma

  • Radiography showed a round, soft tissue opacity superimposed over the caudal vena cava and diaphragmatic outline in the ventral aspect of the right caudal lung lobe (Fig 1B, C)

  • Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) demonstrated a hypoechoic pulmonary mass containing a moderate amount of gas (Fig 1D)

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Summary

Introduction

A 3-year-old female entire whippet presented for non-ambulatory paraparesis, approximately 5 hours after an unwitnessed trauma. Multimodality diagnostic imaging findings in a dog with a traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst The dog had stable cardiovascular parameters and mild tachypnoea with normal thoracic auscultation. A non-contrast CT confirmed a T12-13 subluxation with multiple small vertebral chip fractures and bilateral pneumothorax.

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