Xray iterpretation

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Tomas B — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:16:02 GMT

Can i diagnose by endoscopy? What kind of inflammation? Aqquired MGravis?

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Kate Richardson — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:42:57 GMT

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Can it be an aquired megaesophagus on a 10yo bull terrier?

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Yes, neuromuscular disease such as myasthenia gravis, neoplasia, inflammaction for example

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Tomas B — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:35:37 GMT

Can it be an aquired megaesophagus on a 10yo bull terrier?

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Tomas B — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:34:22 GMT

sample chest by BAL or bopsy trough endoscopy?

What about FNA of the Lungs, is that risky?

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Nicola Cole — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:51:48 GMT

Will endoscopy show up mega-oesophagus?

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Nicola Cole — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:51:29 GMT

Will endoscopy show up mega-oesophagus?

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janine redman — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:16:03 GMT

Endoscopy of oesophagus would give more information than barium, and then you can do bronchoscopy as well and sample chest too

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Tomas B — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:16:00 GMT

Would a endoscopy be better than bariium study? or do both? It can give me the same info and i can even do a sample of possilbe mass or remove Fb.

Also when he is sedated i will do AL.

what you think?

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Chris Barker — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 21:57:09 GMT

I think that before referral it would be worth investigating the oesophagus I'm concerned that there may be aspiration pneumonia present (increased background density to lungs with air bronchograms of larger airways) and I don't like what may represent some pleural effusion on the R (lung shadows pushed inwards from the ribcage with interlobar fissures appearing I wonder whether the density evident in the lung caudodorsal to the carina on both lateral views may represent an oesophageal foreign body I too would consider a barium swallow - cautiously - as its all to easy in a regurgitating dog to produce beautiful inverted xmas tree patterns when the barium is aspirated down airways!

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Nicola Cole — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 21:34:54 GMT

There is a structure delineated below the tracheal bifurcation...not sure what it is though.

In a regurgitating dog I would consider doing a barium study to check the oesophagus.