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Small Animal Radiology and Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Atlas and Text

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Chapter Two The Thorax 209<br />

Fig. 2-189 A 3-year-old Springer<br />

Spaniel with inappetence, dyspnea,<br />

<strong>and</strong> fever. The lateral radiograph<br />

revealed multiple pulmonary nodules<br />

(small arrows) <strong>and</strong> a mass (M) at<br />

the base of the heart. The caudal<br />

main stem bronchi are displaced<br />

ventrally (arrow) by the mass.<br />

Diagnosis: Histoplasmosis with pulmonary<br />

nodules <strong>and</strong> tracheobronchial<br />

lymph node enlargement.<br />

Fig. 2-190 A 9-year-old female<br />

Brittany Spaniel with mammary<br />

gl<strong>and</strong> masses. The lateral radiograph<br />

revealed multiple calcified nodules<br />

throughout all lung lobes (small<br />

arrows). No evidence of tissue density<br />

was present in any of the nodules.<br />

The tracheobronchial lymph<br />

nodes were enlarged <strong>and</strong> calcified<br />

(curved arrows). Diagnosis:<br />

Calcified nodules <strong>and</strong> tracheobronchial<br />

lymph nodes due to prior<br />

histoplasmosis. No evidence of<br />

metastatic neoplasia was found.<br />

histoplasmosis. Calcification of pulmonary nodules may be observed as a sequela to the<br />

active disease (Fig. 2-190). Cryptococcosis, aspergillosis, <strong>and</strong> nocardiosis rarely produce<br />

pulmonary lesions. When present, they are more likely to be focal or multifocal interstitial<br />

densities or granulomas.<br />

There is a large group of miscellaneous etiologic agents that can cause disease that<br />

varies in appearance from nodular to unstructured interstitial patterns. 589-601 These<br />

include Bacillus piliformis (Tyzzer’s disease), Aspergillus, Pneumocystis carinii, Leishmania,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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