Page 22 - Boca Club News - August '23

Page 22, Boca Club News

Nature & Pets

You and Your Pet:

Differentiating Radiographs (X Rays)

from Ultrasounds

By Anthony Krawitz, BVSc DVM, Calusa Veterinary Center, of internal organs and their relative position to one another vomiting and/or diarrhea, after trauma, when looking for the
6900 Congress Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33487 (561) 999-3000. (location). They are very good at imaging solid or dense underlying reason for abnormal bloodwork, or unexplained
www.CVCBoca.com. structures as well as air-filled parts including, for example, fever. In addition, it is used to diagnose conditions that
I am sure many of you have wondered why either a injured or diseased bones or joints, obstructed intestines, dense include pancreatitis, kidney and bladder stones, (including
Radiograph or an Ultrasound is requested by your veterinarian, foreign objects that have been swallowed that could be in the those that cannot be seen by Radiographs), tumors, finding
why they are performed and what their differences are. stomach or intestines—such as rubber balls, bones or metal or confirming obstructing foreign bodies including those
Both these important diagnostic imaging tools look at your objects—the presence and location of tumors, many kidney that are not dense enough to be easily seen on Radiographs,
pet’s insides to find out what is going on in there, without or bladder stones, evaluating the size and shape of the heart, (such as soft toys, socks or string), accumulations of fluid,
having to perform surgery. Sometimes we perform one or the as well as seeing many different conditions of the lungs. and others. Ultrasounds are also used for heart problems by
other, and other times we may have to perform both to get the Ultrasounds use sound waves to bounce off the tissues measuring heart function, wall thickness, blood flow and
fullest picture. and create a moving real-time video of your pet’s insides. It pressure gradients. Many times, the Ultrasound is simply
Radiographs use low doses of radiation to penetrate the is a very good way of seeing within the organ itself and not a screening tool to hopefully find nothing wrong or to find
tissue to create snapshots of single moments in time. They just their overall size and shape. Ultrasounds pick up fluid things early–for example, as part of an annual screening for
give an overall picture showing the general shape and size accumulation (like blood or other fluid) in the abdomen or senior pets. It helps us find what is not going on as much as
chest, for example from a bleeding splenic tumor or from an what is going on. A healthy Ultrasound is a good thing.
injury. It can evaluate blood flow in actual time using a Doppler A dog presents for having been coughing for an extended
Flow system, and it sees many of the blood vessels themselves. period. The Radiographs confirm that the cough does not
If an area of concern is found, samples can be taken from the come from pneumonia, a collapsed trachea or from a tumor.
area using the Ultrasound as a guide to where to place the However, it finds it to be from chronic bronchitis instead,
instrument, for fine needle aspirates and Tru-Cut biopsies, for which is a less scary diagnosis.
example. As there is no radiation involved, it is a safe way to An older cat presents with blood in the urine, and the
confirm pregnancy as well as to monitor fetal development. Ultrasound rules out the presence of bladder and kidney
Radiographs are very good in evaluating what is going on stones as well as a bladder or kidney tumor. It shows that it
when patients exhibit such symptoms as trouble breathing, is chronic cystitis or long-term bladder infection instead.
coughing, trauma, vomiting and/or diarrhea, blood in the It is quite amazing that we now have the tools to see
urine, limping and unexplained fevers, among others. Disease within the body without cutting it open! Your veterinarian
conditions diagnosed include, for example, pneumonia, uses these safe non-invasive tools in conjunction with a full
collapsing trachea, heart failure and other heart diseases, examination and other diagnostic tests, such as bloodwork
kidney or bladder stones, fractures, arthritis, tumors, as well and urine/fecal tests, to help find out what is going on with
as intestinal foreign bodies and obstructions. your pet.
Ultrasounds are used either alone or in conjunction with These two incredible diagnostic tools, namely Radiographs
Radiographs to determine the cause of many conditions. These and Ultrasounds, are extremely valuable to our beloved
include abdominal pain, blood in the urine, acute or chronic pets…and in fact to us all!

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