Chest

Chest films, and the heart on ultrasound. Start from the normal, then each problem beside it.

Normal canine thorax, lateral view

Choose a number to name the structure.

Heart Cor

The cardiac silhouette: about two and a half to three and a half intercostal spaces wide on a lateral view.

Alveolar patternAir spaces filledX-ray
CardiomegalyAn enlarged heartX-ray
Foreign bodySomething that should not be thereX-ray
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathyThickening of the left ventricular wall, the commonest heart disease of cats.Ultrasound
MegaoesophagusA dilated oesophagusX-ray
Mitral regurgitationBlood leaking back through the mitral valve into the left atrium, most often from myxomatous valve disease.Ultrasound
Pericardial effusionFluid in the sac around the heart.Ultrasound
Pleural effusionFluid in the chestX-ray
PneumothoraxAir around the lungsX-ray
Thoracic massA mass in the chestX-ray