Imaging diagnosis: pneumothorax and focal peritonitis in a dog due to migration of an inhaled grass awn.
A 1-year-old working Kelpie developed pneumothorax and focal peritonitis after inhalation of a grass awn that migrated from the lung, through the diaphragm, into the peritoneal cavity. Radiographic evidence of sternal lymph node enlargement was fundamental in the diagnosis of intraperitoneal disease and prompted abdominal ultrasound leading to definitive diagnosis.
Hopper
Belinda J
BJ
Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch 6150, Western Australia.
Lester
Nola V
NV
Irwin
Peter J
PJ
Eger
Clive E
CE
Richardson
Jennifer L
JL
D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004285:Dogs; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography