개에서 림프병증의 초음파학적 특징에 대한 증례 = Ultrasonographic Features of Lymphadenopathy in a Dog

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The objective of this report was to compare ultrasonographic features of lymphanderopathy of a case in our hospital to result of previous studies with the hope of identifying predictive parameter that differenciate lymphandenopathy. A 2-year-old male mongrel dog's chief complaints was dyspnea from three weeks ago. On physical examination. Swelling of submandibular and prescapular lymph node was founded. Radiography showed increased radioopacity of cranioventral lung field and widened cranial mediastinal lesion with soft tissue opacity on the thoracic views. And ill-defined mass with soft tissue opacity on the mid-abdomen views was detected. On ultrasonography, short/long axis ratio of prescapular lymph node is 0.74. In deep lymph nodes, short/long axis ratio was respectively 0.56, 0.43, 0.67, 0.61. Irregular contour and hyperechoic perinodal fat were common features. This features are coreespond with sonographic features of malignant lymph node of previous study. Based on cytologic results, lymphoma was diagnosed. Ultrasound provides noninvasive, real-time imaging information of both peripheral and more deeply lymph node.