Gastric ectopic pancreas is an uncommon developmental anomaly and its histological diagnosis is usually difficult by using a conventional biopsy forceps. In the literature, most cases of gastric ectopic pancreas were usually diagnosed by gross pattern during endoscopic examination or features of endoscopic ultrasound. In contrast, this disease was seldom diagnosed by histology in clinical pract...

The diagnosis of canine hypothyroidism and its differentiation from euthyroid sick syndrome still is a major diagnostic challenge. In this study, ultrasonography was shown to be an effective tool for the investigation of thyroid gland diseases. Healthy control dogs (n = 87), dogs with euthyroid sick syndrome (n = 26), thyroglobulin autoantibody-positive (TgAA-positive, n = 30) hypothyroid dogs,...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the size, shape, echogenicity, and blood flow of the appendix testis on sonography in control subjects and in patients with a torsed appendix testis and to evaluate the usefulness as well as the limitations of these criteria. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of 11 lesions with torsed appendix testes and 15 normal appendix testes in 1...

The aim of this study was to characterize the ultrasonographic patterns of benign and malignant mammary tumors and to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasonographic imaging to distinguish benign and malignant tumors in dogs. Shape, margins, width-to-craniocaudal (CC) dimension ratio, echotexture, echogenicity, presence of calcification, presence of pseudocapsule, size (the deepest and longest axis) ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the predictive importance of ultrasonic grade 1 hyperechogenicity in potential live related kidney donors in the absence of urinary abnormalities and with perfect renal function. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study included 34 potential living related kidney donors with this abnormality; their mean (SD, range) age was 32.7 (8.45, 23-48) years. Ten matched healthy donors with n...

There was no pericardial effusion. Abdominal ultra-sonography revealed bilateral normal size kidneys with plications, lymphatic injury, lymph leak increased echogenicity. The patient was started on maintenance haemodia-lysis. A double lumen haemodialysis catheter was