title: Imaging diagnosis--transesophageal ultrasound-guided removal of a migrating grass awn foreign body in a dog.
abstract: A 3-year-old English Setter dog was presented for an acute onset of coughing. Tracheobronchoscopic examination allowed localization and removal of one grass awn foreign body. A second migrated grass awn was suspected to be present in the left caudal lung lobe. Transesophageal ultrasound revealed an area of pulmonary consolidation in the dorsomedial portion of left caudal lobe and a linear hyperechoic structure consistent with a grass awn foreign body within the area of consolidation. Transesophageal ultrasonography was also used to provide anatomical landmarks that facilitated successful thoracoscopic removal of the foreign body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Perugia, 1, 06100, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caivano
authors.forename: Antonello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bufalari
authors.forename: Maria Elena
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: Maria Beatrice
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Maria Chiara
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marchesi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Angeli
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Porciello
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Birettoni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007558:Italy; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: dog; grass awn; thoracoscopy; transesophageal ultrasound