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IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—THE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FEATURES OF A PLEUROPERITONEAL HERNIA IN A CAT
Author(s) -
Rose Anne Marie,
Ryan Stewart D.,
Johnstone Thurid,
Beck Cathy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/vru.12406
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , thorax (insect anatomy) , hernia , diaphragm (acoustics) , computed tomography , radiography , radiology , anatomy , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
An 8‐year‐old female neutered domestic short hair cat presented for investigation of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Thoracic radiographs identified a soft tissue opacity in the caudoventral thorax adjacent to the diaphragm. Computed tomography (CT) then characterized a pleuroperitoneal hernia with cranial displacement of a portion of the liver within the hernia. A pleuroperitoneal hernia was confirmed and repaired via exploratory laparotomy. This is the first description of the CT features of a pleuroperitoneal hernia in a cat.