Bladder stones

  • X-ray
  • Cat
  • Abdomen
  • Urinary bladder
  • Finding

Findings are Pro only. Every normal study is free; Pro opens each finding beside its normal.

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What to look for

  • Mineral-opaque uroliths in the bladder
  • Lost detail in the lumbar region (arrows): here fluid around a ureter (a urinoma)
  • Not every stone shows: urate stones can be radiolucent

Against the normal

Read serosal detail first: fat lets you see the organs' edges, and losing it means fluid, no fat, or a crowd. Then size and place each organ against the vertebrae and the last rib, and follow the gas through the gut.

Source: Tabbì M. et al., Animals 2022;12(21):2934. CC BY 4.0. For learning: not a diagnostic service.

Read the film, then see the anatomy in 3D.

Vetomica puts every abdomen structure on this x-ray in a complete 3D cat you can peel, cut and X-ray from any angle, with every imaging finding beside its normal and practice at reading films.

The 3D animals are free for 7 days, no card. Imaging findings are Pro; every normal study stays free.

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