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Small Animal Radiology and Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Atlas and Text

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Chapter Two The Thorax 189<br />

Fig. 2-169 An 8-year-old male Doberman Pinscher<br />

with a 4-month history of regurgitation, which had been<br />

occurring spontaneously <strong>and</strong> sporadically. The esophagus<br />

is dilated throughout the thorax. In both A <strong>and</strong> B the<br />

esophageal walls are evident as thin, soft-tissue densities<br />

(closed arrows). The trachea <strong>and</strong> cardiac silhouette are<br />

displaced ventrally. There are areas of focal alveolar pattern<br />

infiltrates within the right cranial, left cranial, <strong>and</strong><br />

left caudal lung lobes (open arrows). These are typified<br />

by their coalescence <strong>and</strong> poorly defined borders. Air<br />

bronchogram signs are not present. The radiographic<br />

findings are indicative of aspiration pneumonia.<br />

Diagnosis: Megaesophagus with aspiration pneumonia.<br />

The dog was hypothyroid <strong>and</strong> this was assumed to be the<br />

cause of the megaesophagus.<br />

A<br />

B

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