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PERITONEOPERICARDIAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA Lateral (A) and dorsoventral (B) thoracic radiographs of
a cat with PPDH. Note the cardiomegaly, silhouetting of the caudal cardiac border with the diaphragm, and the border
of the dorsal mesothelial remnant ventral to the caudal vena cava (lateral view). The persistent dorsal mesothelial
remnant is seen between the arrows in A.

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PERITONEOPERICARDIAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA Impostor for PPDH. Lateral (A) and dorsoventral (B)
radiographs of an adult hunting dog with consolidation of the accessory lung lobe, which is not PPDH. (Copyright 2013
Etienne Côté, DVM, DACVIM.)

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED RELATED CLIENT EDUCATION
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