Saito M, Sharp NJ, Kortz GD, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:331-337. Two Lhasa Apsos were diagnosed with lissencephaly based on MR imaging and clinical findings. Histologic confirmation of the diagnosis was obtained in one dog. The MR imaging appearance … Read More
Tidwell AS, Specht A, Blaeser L, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:319-324. Myelography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed on a 4-year-old neutered female Rottweiler with bilateral pelvic limb paresis. On the myelogram, there was extradural spinal cord compression … Read More
Essman SC, Hoover JP, Bahr RJ, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:255-259. A 7-year-old, neutered male Labrador Retriever presented for a persistent, productive cough and regurgitation. Radiography, ultrasonography, and computed tomography confirmed a large, smoothly marginated intrathoracic mass causing tracheal … Read More
Walker M, Phalan D, Jensen J, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:249-254. Radiographs of the stifles of 6 species of 34 large, non-domestic cats were reviewed foremost for the presence of meniscal ossicles and then for the presence of the … Read More
Jones JC, Shires PK, Inzana KD, et al. Am J Vet Res 2002;63:733-737. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate computed tomography (CT) densitometry as a technique for quantifying contrast enhancement of compressive soft tissues in the canine lumbosacral vertebral canal and to determine … Read More
Nachreiner RF, Refsal KR, Graham PA, et al. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2002;220:466-471. OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence of thyroid hormone autoantibodies (THAA) in serum of dogs with clinical signs of hypothyroidism. DESIGN: Cohort study. SAMPLE POPULATION: 287,948 … Read More
Peremans K, De Winter F, Janssens L, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:178-182. This case report describes the use of the 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceutical ciprofloxacin (Infecton) in a case of hip prosthesis loosening in a dog. Serial planar radiographs were not … Read More
Schwarz T, Weller R, Dickie AM, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:85-97. The radiographic anatomy of the temporomandibular joint in the dog and cat is described in dorsoventral and oblique projections. The positioning for different oblique views in conventional radiography … Read More
Smallwood JE, Wood BC, Taylor WE, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:99-117. The purpose of this study was to produce an anatomic reference for computed tomography (CT) of the head of the foal for use by radiologists, clinicians, and veterinary … Read More
Nguyen LQ, Arseven OK, Gerber H, et al. Endocrinology 2002;143:395-402.` Cats are the only nonhuman mammalian species with a high incidence of hyperthyroidism, and a better understanding of the pathogenesis of feline hyperthyroidism is of clinical relevance for veterinary medicine. … Read More