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Small Animal Radiology and Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Atlas and Text

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310 <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Animal</strong> Radiolo g y <strong>and</strong> Ultrasono graphy<br />

Fig. 3-72 A 2-year-old Yorkshire<br />

Terrier had occasional seizures <strong>and</strong><br />

elevated bile acid levels. An operative<br />

mesenteric portogram reveals shunting<br />

of flow away from the liver<br />

through an anomalous shunt vessel<br />

(S) to the azygous vein (A).<br />

Diagnosis: Portoazygos shunt.<br />

Fig. 3-73 Transverse (A to C) <strong>and</strong><br />

longitudinal (D to F) sonograms of<br />

the liver of a 3-month-old female<br />

mixed breed dog with a history of<br />

chronic diarrhea <strong>and</strong> hypoalbuminemia.<br />

There is an enlarged tortuous<br />

vein that extended from the<br />

portal vein to the caudal vena cava.<br />

This is indicative of a portosystemic<br />

shunt. Diagnosis: Extrahepatic portosystemic<br />

shunt.<br />

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B<br />

C<br />

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F

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