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What’s wrong with the liver?

Liver Mar 15, 2017 By Dominique Penninck PREMIUM
PREMIUM. This exercise is one of the 39 in the archive.
1 · The case

This video is part of the paid library.

It is included in Small Animal Ultrasonography PREMIUM (2 years).

Josie, a 14-year-old Cairn Terrier presented for acute weakness, and vomiting. Her liver enzymes are elevated.

Look at this video centered on her liver. On the insert, the dog is lying on its back, and the left of the dog is on the top.

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Discussion (45)

Joanna FLores

Estómago moderadamente engrosado e inflamado con escaso contenido líquido, compatible con gastritis.
Hepatomegalia moderada con ecogenialidad modernamente disminuida. Vesícula severamente engrosada e inflamada, colecistitis crónica, con escaso contenido anecoico. Se observa más ovalada en lóbulo lateral derecho, isoecoica, heterogénea, granular grueso, con focos anecoicos y otros hiperecoicos con artefacto de cola de cometa (gas). Compatible con neoplasia, absceso con posibles zonas de necrosis y gas.

Dominique Author

Thank you for the detailed description! Answer soon...

veterinarydiscussion app

cyst adenoma?

Dominique Author

Glad you played with us...coming back later for the answer

Blair C. Johnson

There appears to be a tremendous amount of increase echogenicity in the liver that I would interpret as inflammation. There is a small thick walled structure in a location consistent with the gallbladder and the increased echo is surrounding that region. I also see what may be fluid between the lobes of the liver and dorsal to the liver. There is an area in the midst of the hyperechoic region which has a branching out appearance and very echogenic which I am not sure how to interpret. There is another area in the right portion of the liver that has a mixed echogenicity that could be consistent with fluid/blood, cystic or neoplasia. I would be concerned about a ruptured gallbladder as the primary problem.

Dominique Author

Stay tuned!

margolightbody

Thickened walked GB, dilated ducts right liver? Obstruction somewhere??

Dominique Author

I will address your observations soon

veterinarydiscussion app

Is there air reverberating in the liver parenchyma

Dominique Author

Good question!

Estefania

Cystoadenoma ? :)

Dominique Author

You are not alone thinking that...

miranda

liver enlarged

Dominique Author

Yes, and more to come

miranda

and is there a mass with some cysts in the liver?

Dominique Author

Will tell you soon

Dominique Author

Your questions will soon be answered...

Settaporn Kasemsuwan

Gall bladder wall thickening
Cavitated anechoic mass with acoustic shadow
Ddx Cholangitis with hepatic abscess

Dominique Author

Keep your thoughts, will come back soon

Ursula

Pancreas hyperechoic rim and hypoechoic centre and enlarged and distended bile ducts indicating post hepatic obstruction caused by pancreatitis?

Paolo Fonti

total hypoechoi and inhomogeneous liver
It observes the gallbladder constricted with thickened ad irregular walls
on the left there is a nodular lesion disomogeneous with cystic part with and air in the bile ducts (?)
Diagnosis: cholangiohepatitis emphysematous and infiltrative possible neoplastic (cholangiocarcinoma?)
helpful CEUS and biopsy

Lise Aitken

Very thickened gallbladder wall possibly indication of cholecystitis, in the right liver love there is multifocal areas of hypoechogenicity, as well as areas of hypoechogenicity with reverberation indicating gas. I would say my primary ultrasound dd, would be liver abscessation or hepatitis

Cristina Carta

liver abscess

Laura woodhead

Biliary Cystadenoma or cistadenocarcinoma

Benchawan

Hepatic mass and gall bladder wall thickening

Jeff Katuna DVM

Thickened gall bladder possibly secondary to gall bladder rupture (possible small amount of free fluid seen between liver lobes?) Multifocal hypoechoic areas in right liver lobe due to possible liver mass.

Dominique Author

So much to see in this video...be patient, the answer is coming soon

Lotte Blamauer

There Is gas un the hepatic parenchyma. It looks like Is inside a mass (doesn't look like aerobylia). The liver, gallblader and peritoneum looks edematosus. It looks like an inflamatory desease. Could it be asociate with an hepatic mass with bacterial overgrown? There are some big linphonodes (hepato portales?)Was the dog un pain? The respiratory patern looks like eh was. Sorry for my afwull english... Writting from argentina with my phone in spanish

Dominique Author

Good attention to details! Don't worry about English...

Lotte Blamauer replying to Dominique

I was at your lectures last year in Argentina. Love that you could come. You are an amazing teacher! Thanks for all the knolewdge!

Dominique Author replying to Lotte Blamauer

Thank you! Glad you visit the blog!

Bob

Bacterial Cholangiohepatitis, possible hepatic abscess ,gas producing anaerobes in the intra hepatic bile ducts, inflammation of the surrounding abdominal fat to name a few. Should do fine with appropriate antibiotics. Fair prognosis.

Dominique Author

Glad you mention management and prognosis. The outcome of this case is on its way...

margolightbody

GB rupture with air in the ducts.

Dominique Author

The GB gets attention :)

margolightbody

GB rupture with air in the ducts right lobe.

Alessandra

Never see a gb like this.
But liver, Gb, ducts and peritoneum are altered.

Jacquie

Thickened GB wall (ddx lack of distension, edema, cholecystitis) Cystic mass in the right liver with a scant amount of peripheral effusion (local peritonitis) Multiple hyperehoic foci in the mass with reverberation artifact indicating gas (ddx hepatic abscess, infected cystadenoma or other type of tumour)

Anna

Liver lobes are rounded.GB only mildly filled with thickening of its wall.There is increased echogenicity of liver hilus and around bile ducts.In the right liver lobe there is round or oval shape well demarkated not encapsulated isoechoic mass with multiple various size hypoechoic fluid filled lesions and high density gas or mineralization changes within the mass. Stomach wall looks abnormal but it's only present partially.Is there small amount of fluid around the lesion or just vessel lying parallel to lesions curvature?Dd: cholangiohepatitis due to
abscess or neoplastic lesions.

Joanna FLores

Thank you very much for sharing. I will wait very closely for the next challenge. 🙄

Cara Molloy

Thanks for that case. Looking forward to the next one

miranda

thank u so much! and I have some questions about this case.
1. did u FNA the liver before surgery, or Josie wen to surgery directly.
2. wether we need to give some medicals to control this situation first? and what situation need to do surgery immediately?
many thanks!

miranda

Dominique Author

In Josie's case, we did not sample the liver prior surgery. The presence of intra-parenchymal gas was enough of a signature for anaerobic infection. Surgery was considered the best choice to take care of a localized abscessation and remove the associated necrotic tissue (and rule out concurrent tumor such as adenoma, nodular hyperplasia , others).

miranda replying to Dominique

ok,i get it. and thank you so much!

Izane Gressler Fuchs

I also want to thank you a lot for sharing this.