Sentences with phrase «lung lobe»

Ultrasound of thoracic masses (need to be close to the body wall, sometimes requires general anesthesia to collapse the affected lung lobe)

Adult worms (males ~ 15 cm in length, females ~ 25 cm) develop primarily in the pulmonary arteries of the caudal lung lobes over the next 2 - 3 mo..

Signs of inflammation can be seen in lung lobes not associated with the embolization, indicating that the disease is not simply an obstructive disease (FIGURE 1).

She is published in the Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and has also authored a chapter on lung lobe torsions in a veterinary surgery textbook.

A bronchoscope is used to examine all seven lung lobes for masses, foreign bodies, polyps, or other abnormalities.

The ultrasound revealed that the mass was attached to the right middle lung lobe.

My mother recently had surgery and ended up with a deep vein thrombosis and had two pulmonary embolisms (one in each lower lung lobe).

Obstruction of blood flow through the lungs, especially in the caudal pulmonary arteries, causes acute respiratory signs, and the involved lung lobe becomes hemorrhagic, with local areas of edema.

The natural fissures are formed where the individual lung lobes meet.

Depending on which lung lobe is selected, the doctor will then «wash» the lungs with sterile saline and then suction the wash fluid back to obtain cells for cytology and a sample for culture.

Dr. Bradley didn't want to go into his chest for lung lobe removal and then put him on his back for the cystotomy.

If the canine lung cancer exists as what is known as a lobar fusion, surgical removal of diseased lung lobes by a lobectomy is the only effective treatment,.

Surgical procedures include spay, neuter, tumor removal, foreign body retrieval, resection of intestines, lung lobe resections, fracture fixation by bone plating, intramedullary pinning, and external skeletal fixation, and amputation.

Radiographs were evaluated for signs of CHF (enlarged left atrium, pulmonary venous congestion, perihilar or caudal lung lobe edema) and divided into three groups (Schober et al., 2010), with group I composed of healthy animals (control), group II of animals with MVD but no CHF and group III of animals with MVD and signs of CHF.

Thoracic radiographs showed severe bronchopneumonia with bronchiectasis in the cranial lung lobes.

«The large airway that feeds his right front lung lobe is closed off» said Animal League America veterinarian Dr. Philip Litwack.

This leaves less room for his healthy lung lobes to expand, making it more difficult for him to breathe.

«As a result, that lung lobe stays inflated and takes up a lot of space in his chest.

However, without treatment, they can die from complications involving multiple lung lobes.

Without surgery to remove the abnormal lung lobe, its tiny air sacs may burst.

Saving Fluffy's life the first time was remarkable enough, but CVM surgeon Kyle Mathews performed a second miracle, removing a cancerous right - side lung lobe.»

After stabilization and fluid removal by our Emergency & Critical care Department, and CT scan to confirm the torsion, Tucker underwent 2 surgeries by Dr. Oliver Morgan — one to remove the affected lung lobe, and a second to perform multiple procedures to prevent the chylous fluid accumulation.

Adult worms reside primarily in the pulmonary arteries of the caudal lung lobes, but can move into the right ventricle of the heart if the worm burden is high.

Dr. Bradley found that the mass was attached to the cranial and middle lung lobes.

Felix, a 13 - year old Chihuahua, was referred to the Surgical Division of the Veterinary Referral Center of Northern Virginia for removal of a mass attached to a lung lobe.

A CT scan soon revealed that little Morty has a rare disorder in which air becomes trapped inside one of his lung lobes.

After little improvement after a few days, the hospital conducted further testing and X-rays, later diagnosing Beasley with a Lung Lobe Torsion.

Both lung lobes had to be removed with the mass.

The lung lobes and mass were submitted to a laboratory to determine what type of disease process was present.

Felix was then referred to the Surgical Division of the Veterinary Referral Center of Northern Virginia for removal of the mass and lung lobe.

A pleural fissure line is present overlying the cardiac silhouette on the lateral view, and the caudal lung lobes are slightly separated from the thoracic wall by soft tissue opacity material on the DV view.

Most dogs do just fine after all or part of an affected lung lobe is removed.

In this condition, the lung lobe twists, creating a buildup of milky fluid in the chest cavity that ultimately prevents the lungs from expanding and causes severe respiratory difficulty.

A CT Scan of his chest later revealed that the 1 year old had a congenital defect called lobar emphysema — a rare disorder in which air becomes trapped inside one of the lung lobes.

Most tumors are in the lung lobes furthest from the head in both dogs and cats.

Surgical removal of the affected lung lobe is the most common treatment.

Surgical removal of the affected lung lobe may cure small, solitary tumors in dogs.

Surgical removal of the affected lung lobe is also the treatment of choice in cats but less successful because there is usually more extensive disease, metastasis or the cat also has concurrent heart disease.

«Two years and two days ago, Trupanion, The Veterinary Specialty Center and a whole lotta loved ones all helped me save the Infamous Dawg from a softball sized tumor in her lung lobe.