Please join us for interactive thoracic radiology rounds! This time Dr. McCort will be featuring different cases for all attending doctors to review and discuss. The event information is as follows:
Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Time: Drinks & Appetizers from 6:30pm-7pm; Rounds from 7pm-8pm
Topic: Thoracic Radiograph Review: Round Table Discussion
Location: VICSD, 7522 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San [...]

Below are the case history and images for the current challenge.
Veterinarians have one month from the date of this posting to submit a diagnosis. Each entry will be reviewed at the end of the month by our two radiologists, and all those who answered correctly will be mentioned in the next month’s newsletter, regardless [...]

Patient:
10-year-old M/C Shepherd X
History:
Chronic nasal discharge for ten months.
Findings:
Nasal CT: Contiguous 1.5mm and 3 mm slices were obtained through nasal passages. There is extensive nasal turbinate destruction on the left and less severe nasal turbinate destruction on the right. There is destruction of the nasal septum from I713.9 caudally to I725.9. Beginning at [...]

We appreciate all of the WYD entries but, unfortunately, no correct answers were submitted last month.
Keep your WYD submissions coming! Your staff will thank you for it.
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Last month’s case was a 10 y/o Shepherd with nasal discharge. The case and CT video can be found here.
Correct Diagnosis for WYD #3: Nasal Aspergillosis
CT Findings:
Nasal CT has [...]

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Below are the case history, background, and CT video for the current challenge. Veterinarians will have one month to submit their tentative diagnosis.
Each entry will be reviewed at the end of the month by our two radiologists, and all those who answered correctly will be mentioned in the next month’s newsletter, regardless of location. Each [...]

We appreciate all of the WYD submissions and would like to congratulate Dr. Thomas Mohn of Banfield for his correct diagnosis of meningoencephalitis! His recognition that these changes were more consistent with inflammation than neoplasia should not go unrecognized. For Dr. Mohn’s diagnostic acumen, he has won a VICSD-sponsored lunch for his hospital.
Keep your [...]

You can find this abstract online by searching pubmed.gov here.
Abstract: J S Afr Vet Assoc. 2008 Dec;79(4):194-204.
Review of idiopathic eosinophilic meningitis in dogs and cats, with a detailed description of two recent cases in dogs.
Williams JH, Köster LS, Naidoo V, Odendaal L, Van Veenhuysen A, de Wit M, van Wilpe E.
Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Section [...]

History:
Cluster seizures.
Findings:
An MRI of the brain was performed in multiple planes and with multiple sequences prior to and following contrast administration.
There are large areas of T2 hyperintensity along the ventral aspect of both piriform lobes.  These areas are hypointense on T1 weighted images, remained hyperintense on FLAIR images and did not suppress on [...]

Welcome to the “What’s Your Diagnosis?” portion of our newsletter!
Here, each month you’ll be able to test and perfect your diagnostic imaging skills against a carefully selected case history. Each issue will contain a “case of the month,” complete with images and background.
Each newsletter presents the case history, background, and images, and then concludes with [...]