1. The feasibility of contrast enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the diagnosis of non-cardiac thoracic disorders of dogs and cats
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Manuela Quinci, Pascaline Pey, V. Galli, Nikolina Linta, Alessia Diana, Alessia Cordella, M. Baron Toaldo, Giuliano Bettini, Mario Cipone, Linta, Nikolina, BARON TOALDO, Marco, Bettini, Giuliano, Cordella, Alessia, Quinci, Manuela, Pey, P., Galli, Veronica, Cipone, Mario, and Diana, Alessia
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Contrast medium ,Lung Diseases ,Male ,Pathology ,Contrast Media ,Histiocytic sarcoma ,Cat Diseases ,Lung Disease ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,0403 veterinary science ,0302 clinical medicine ,Small animal ,Dog ,Medicine ,Mediastinal Disease ,Dog Diseases ,Prospective Studies ,Lung ,Ultrasonography ,lcsh:Veterinary medicine ,Tumor ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Mediastinum ,Cat ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,Lipoma ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Veterinary (all) ,Female ,Radiology ,Sarcoma ,Dog Disease ,Research Article ,medicine.medical_specialty ,040301 veterinary sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,Dogs ,Biopsy ,Mediastinal Diseases ,Animals ,General Veterinary ,Animal ,business.industry ,Small animals ,Cat Disease ,medicine.disease ,Feasibility Studie ,Prospective Studie ,Cats ,lcsh:SF600-1100 ,Feasibility Studies ,business - Abstract
Background This study describes the feasibility of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS) in the diagnostic work-up of non-cardiac thoracic disorders of small animals. The second aim is to assess the usefulness of CEUS as a direct guide for sample procedures. Results Forty animals, 28 dogs and 12 cats, were included in the study. Thoracic disorders included 23 pulmonary lesions [primary carcinoma (14), lymphoma (1), sarcoma (1), histiocytic sarcoma (1), abscess (1) and pneumonia (5)] and 17 mediastinal lesions [lymphoma (8), thymoma (3), mesothelioma (1), melanoma (1), carcinomatous lymphadenopathy (1), mixsosarcoma (1), lipoma (1), and abscess (1)]. The majority of neoplastic pulmonary lesions showed an inhomogeneous distribution of contrast medium, whereas inflammatory lesions had a homogenous distribution with typical pulmonary vessels ramification. The majority of mediastinal malignant lesions showed an inhomogeneous distribution pattern. The lung and mediastinal abscesses had peripheral enhancement of the wall with an avascular center. All cytological and biopsy samples obtained after CEUS were diagnostic. Quantitative analysis, performed in 19/23 pulmonary lesions, showed a statistically significant difference (P
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- 2017