Ultrasonographic diagnosis of portacaval shunts in young dogs
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R H Wrigley1, L J Konde, R D Park
1Department of Radiology and Radiation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|August 15, 1987
Abstract:
Ultrasonography was performed on 21 young dogs with portacaval shunts. Initial ultrasonography revealed a small hypovascular liver in all dogs. Eight portacaval shunts (4 intrahepatic, 4 extrahepatic) were detected. Supplementary ultrasonography of dogs under general anesthesia and subjected to positive-pressure ventilation identified 6 additional intrahepatic portacaval shunts.