12 Year Old Cat Skull Radiographs.

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bevs2251 — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:29:29 GMT

Yes. E-T tube valve where one attaches the syringe to inflate the cuff.

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Judith Archbold — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:34:03 GMT

Thanks Nicola! I had brain fog , now I see it.

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Nicola Cole — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:54:37 GMT

Looks like it’s the valve on the end of the inflator bit of the et tube ( you can see it in second radiograph not under the cat and seems to fit with that).

RE: 12 Year Old Cat Skull Radiographs.

Judith Archbold — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:54:11 GMT

I’m thinking osteomyelitis or neoplasia.

At the risk of appearing thick ( but if I don’t ask I’ll never know) .....

what is the metallic looking object over the right shoulder on the first DV radiograph? ( I might go “doh ”when I hear the answer).

is it a weird microchip?

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bevs2251 — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:54:01 GMT

Thanks everyone. I'm thinking neoplastic, fungal or nasty mycobacterium. May get specialist radiologist opinion. Either way, owners can't afford much more ongoing expensive diagnostics such as CT scan or treatment such as radiation, fluconazole for months if fungal, long-term clindamycin (we have tablets - could try crushed in food for a few days to see if she'll eat them). Poor long-term prognosis if any of the above.

The PMIII/IV extraction site was about 50% healed - would expect poor/little healing, if neoplastic but affected area appears to be in soft tissue. Dog I had a few months ago with oral MCT progressed very quickly - 3 weeks from initial presentation with slab fracture to upper R carnassial to 1/2 skull affected.

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Nicola Cole — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:54:09 GMT

+1 for looks like neoplastic

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:28:22 GMT

Looks

Wot Rob Davis said.

Abscess or other infection from tooth usually looks like a black space on radiograph.

Fine needle aspiration biopsy could tell you all you need to know.

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Kate Richardson — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:06:45 GMT

[quote user="David Mills"]Can you still get the liquid clindamycin? Xeden or something it was called?[/quote]

Zodon, Ceva

Think there's another- Clinasol or something?

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David Mills — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:04:04 GMT

[quote user="Rob Davis"]An aside, but do you have antirobe? Capsules can be opened and mixed with suitably smelly food, generally taken ok by most cats and comes in 25mg and 75 mg as well as the larger sizes.[/quote]

Can you still get the liquid clindamycin? Xeden or something it was called?

Don't discount fungal infections. I've seen a few, horribly invasive and can look very much like abscesses. There was an isfm review on them not so long ago.

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Richard Carter — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:35:45 GMT

ultrasound through eye? - tumour will be solid tissue, abscess fluid (usually). Also if press on eye, if fluid retrobulbar will cause area behind last molar to fluctuate so can FNA, solid tissue less so. Think the lack of response to abs and dental already guarded to poor Px

RE: 12 Year Old Cat Skull Radiographs.

Rob Davis — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:00:10 GMT

Looks neoplastic to me. I think you need a decent biopsy including as much bone as possible to get a diagnosis. There will often be secondary infection so antibiotics will often provide partial improvement.

[quote user="bevs2251"]Considering Clindamycin but would be 1/2 150mg bid for at least 4-6 weeks and don't think clients could manage.[/quote]

An aside, but do you have antirobe? Capsules can be opened and mixed with suitably smelly food, generally taken ok by most cats and comes in 25mg and 75 mg as well as the larger sizes.

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bevs2251 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:44:25 GMT

7th and final Radiograph. Sorry about turbo posting but unsure how to attach several files to the one post. Only 2 radiographs are interpretable to any degree.

Thanks, Bev

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bevs2251 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:41:21 GMT

6th Radiograph

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bevs2251 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:39:53 GMT

5th Radiograph

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bevs2251 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:38:33 GMT

4th Radiograph

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bevs2251 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:36:46 GMT

3rd Radiograph

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bevs2251 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:35:10 GMT

First Radiograph