For Referring Veterinarians

Contact lenses are used increasingly to provide pain management and to promote corneal healing. There are animal specific bandage lenses as well as human bandage lenses on the market. The human bandage lenses can be used in animals. The sizes of the bandage contact lens are as follows: Human bandage contact lenses are typically 14mm Diameter/8.6 Base Curve/0 Power Dog bandage contact lenses range from 15.5 to 22mm Diameter/8.5 to 11.8 Base Curve/0 Power Cat…

Two Common Pitfalls of Abdominal Radiographs in Dogs and Cats The following are two findings on abdominal radiographs that I see commonly misdiagnosed in dogs and cats. Below are two tips that may help you interpret x-rays in your veterinary patients. Tip #1.  Be Careful Not to Mistake the Pylorus as Soft Tissue Mass  On a right lateral abdominal radiograph, the pylorus of the stomach (being on the right of midline) is dependent and is…

A 17-year-old cat presented with a history of weight loss. On ultrasound there was a moderately enlarged, hypoechoic and rounded caudal mesenteric lymph node. The only other significant finding was mild degenerative changes to the kidneys. Fine needle aspirate samples for cytology were collected from the mesenteric lymph node. What is Your Interpretation of the Cytology?  Below are images of lymph node cytology. What is your interpretation? Figure 1. Lymph node cytology. 100x…