Normal abdomen (3 of 3)
What to look for
- Crisp serosal detail: the organs' edges stand out against the fat
- Colon diameter (b) about the length of the fifth lumbar vertebra (a)
- Lines drawn by the authors: a = L5 length, b = widest colon
Read the normal first
Learn the size of the heart, the lung fields and the outline of the diaphragm on this film, then open a finding from the list and slide between the two.
Source: Abdelbaset-Ismail A. et al., Front Vet Sci 2022;9:1033090. CC BY 4.0. For learning: not a diagnostic service.
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