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1085.e6 Cystogram

• CT: provides excellent study of the bladder;
however, costly and rarely performed for this
VetBooks.ir • Urethrogram (p. 1181)
indication
Pearls
If positive contrast is used, radiopaque calculi
will be lucent in the contrast puddle.
SUGGESTED READING
Ayers S: Small animal radiographic techniques
and positioning, ed 1, Hoboken, NJ, 2012,
Wiley-Blackwell.
AUTHOR: LeeAnn Pack, DVM, DACVR
EDITORS: Leah A. Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM; Mark S.
Thompson, DVM, DABVP

CYSTOGRAM Double-contrast cystogram, lateral projection. Normal study.

• If anesthesia is used, expect a routine of the bladder often are obvious; radiopaque
anesthetic recovery. cystic calculi can be visualized.
• Abdominal ultrasound: noninvasive and
Alternatives and Their readily available; excellent for visualization
Relative Merits of bladder, especially wall thickness, luminal
• Plain abdominal radiographs: inexpensive contents, and trigone region. Urinary bladder
means to survey the abdomen. Size and shape rupture not definitive with ultrasound

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