Microhepatia
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Publication Date: 2008-04-14
History
6 year female neutered canine Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with urinary tract infections.
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Diagnosis
Microhepatia, no clinical signs or underlying cause identified.
Answers
Technique and positioning: Good.
Skeletal structures and thorax: Small amount of spondylosis deformans in the lumbar spine.
Boundaries and peritoneal detail: Normal.
Organ evaluation: The liver is small. There is decreased distance from the diaphragm to the stomach, and the gastric axis is rotated cranially. The spleen is visible caudal to the stomach. Both kidneys are seen on the lateral projection. The small intestine contains fluid and gas and is normal in size. There is a small amount of feces in the colon.
Additional findings: None.
Radiographic diagnosis: Microhepatia.
Differential diagnosis: Congenital portosystemic shunt, cirrhosis.
Notes: None.
The liver is small, causing decreased distance from the diaphragm to the stomach, and cranial rotation of the gastric axis on the lateral projection.