Thoracic imaging: What is your diagnosis? (Proceedings)
Cases will be presented in a "what is your diagnosis" format. The audience will be asked to participate in the presentation so that it will be a discussion rather than a monolog.
Cases will be presented in a "what is your diagnosis" format.
The audience will be asked to participate in the presentation so that it will be a discussion rather than a monolog.
Question to Dr. Rendano-
"What is on the test?"
Dr. Rendano's answer:
"I always ask the same questions; I always show the same radiographs; I just change the answers based on the history!"
• CASE 1: Mature dog presents because of dyspnea.
• CASE 2: Mature cat presents because of dyspnea.
• CASE 3: Young dog presents because of dyspnea.
• CASE 4: Young cat presents because of dyspnea.
• CASE 5: Mature dog presents because of anorexia and "vomiting".
• CASE 6: Mature cat presents because of anorexia and "vomiting".
• CASE 7: Mature dog presents because of lameness.
Definitions:
dysp•ne•a n.
o Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath. Also called air hunger.
o [Latin dyspnoea, from Greek duspnoia : dus-, dys- + pnoiā, -pnoia, breathing; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]
o dysp·neic (-nē īk) adj.
an•o•rex•i•a n.
o Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease
vomiting
o Etymology: Latin, vomere, to vomit
o vomiting /vom•it•ing/ (-ing) forcible ejection of contents of stomach through the mouth.
o cyclic vomiting recurring attacks of vomiting.
o dry vomiting attempts at vomiting, with the ejection of nothing but gas.
o pernicious vomiting vomiting in pregnancy so severe as to threaten life.
o vomiting of pregnancy that occurring in pregnancy, especially early morning vomiting (morning sickness).
o projectile vomiting vomiting with the material ejected with great force.
o stercoraceous vomiting vomiting of fecal matter.
lameness n.
o adj. lam•er, lam·est
o Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible.
