Case report: Application of color Doppler sonography for the assessment of pulmonary consolidations in a dog.

ABSTRACT: A 1,5-year-old male Maltipoo was presented to the emergency service for dyspnea, weakness, and cough. An echocardiographic examination showed evidence of pulmonary hypertension with a McConnell sign. Lung ultrasound, including color Doppler, was performed and identified two distinct populations of lung consolidation. Color Doppler analysis of the first type of consolidation showed the absence of blood flow within regions of the consolidation and flow amputation. These findings were consistent with the "vascular sign" reported in human medicine and prompted consideration of pulmonary thromboembolism as a differential diagnosis. In the second type of consolidation, color Doppler identified blood flow within the pulmonary vessels of the consolidated lung, forming a "branching tree-like

SUBMITTER: Kraszewska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10752369 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature