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David A Gall1, Lisa J Zekas, David Van Metre
1Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Abstract:
The radiographic appearance of pulmonary metastatic disease from carcinoma is described in a llama and an alpaca. In one, a diffuse miliary pattern was seen. In the other, a more atypical unstructured interstitial pattern was recognized. Metastatic pulmonary neoplasia in camelids may assume a generalized miliary or unstructured pattern.
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