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Lung Lobes (lung + lobe)
Selected AbstractsSegmental lung lobe torsion in a 7-week-old PugJOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE, Issue 3 2006MACVSc, Naomi L. Hansen BVSc Abstract Case summary: A 7-week-old, intact female Pug was referred with an acute history of expiratory dyspnea, tachypnea, and pyrexia. Radiologic evaluation revealed bilateral pleural effusion and a poorly demarcated area of soft tissue opacity cranial to the heart. The presence of air bronchograms in the cranial lung lobes suggested alveolar parenchymal pathology consistent with pulmonary edema, congestion, or cellular infiltration. Exploratory thoracotomy revealed a segmental torsion of the left cranial lung lobe. The affected lobe was removed and the puppy recovered uneventfully. Unique information: Lung lobe torsion tends to occur more frequently in mature large breed dogs at a mean age of 3 years. The age, breed, and segmental nature of the torsion in the reported case are contrary to most of the previously documented cases of lung lobe torsion. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of lung lobe torsion in a 7-week-old dog. [source] Angiostrongylus vasorum (French heartworm) in a dog imported into AustraliaAUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL, Issue 1-2 2007AI Tebb This report describes a case of Angiostonglyus vasorum infection, sometimes referred to as French heartworm disease, in a dog imported into Western Australia from the United Kingdom. Diagnosis was made by identification of first stage larvae on fine needle aspiration of a consolidated lung lobe. First stage larvae were also identified in the faeces by the Baermann technique. The main clinical signs in this case were coughing and tachypnoea. The dog was treated successfully with fenbendazole at 50 mg/kg once daily for 10 days. [source] Pneumonectomy: four case studies and a comparative reviewJOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE, Issue 9 2004J. M. Liptak Pneumonectomy is the resection of all lung lobes in either the left right lung field. The surgical technique and postoperative results pneumonectomy for clinical disease have not been reported in companion animals. Pneumonectomy was performed in three dogs and one cat to treat pulmonary or pleural disease, and the postoperative outcome compared with the complications and results reported in the human literature. One dog died immediately postoperatively due to suspected respiratory insufficiency and the remaining three animals survived the perioperative period. Postoperative complications were reported in two animals. Cardiac complications occurred in the cat, with perioperative arrhythmias and progressive congestive heart failure. Gastrointestinal complications were diagnosed in one dog, with mediastinal shift oesophageal dysfunction. Left- and right-sided pneumonectomy is feasible in companion animals, and the postoperative outcome and complications encountered in this series were similar to those reported in humans. [source] Medical and surgical management of severe barium aspiration in a dogJOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE, Issue 6 2008Stacy D. Meola DVM Abstract Objective, To describe the medical and surgical management of a unique case of barium sulfate aspiration pneumonia in a dog. Case Summary, A 5-year-old spayed female black Labrador Retriever weighing 33 kg was presented for evaluation of barium aspiration pneumonia. Approximately 200 mL of barium had been instilled into the caudal lung lobes via an improperly placed orogastric tube. Right caudal, right middle, and accessory lung lobectomies were performed, and the dog was managed intensively for 19 days in the hospital. New or Unique Information Provided, This is the first report of a complete diagnostic work-up including bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage, culture, thoracotomy, and pulmonary histopathology for severe barium sulfate aspiration in a dog with an excellent outcome. [source] Segmental lung lobe torsion in a 7-week-old PugJOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE, Issue 3 2006MACVSc, Naomi L. Hansen BVSc Abstract Case summary: A 7-week-old, intact female Pug was referred with an acute history of expiratory dyspnea, tachypnea, and pyrexia. Radiologic evaluation revealed bilateral pleural effusion and a poorly demarcated area of soft tissue opacity cranial to the heart. The presence of air bronchograms in the cranial lung lobes suggested alveolar parenchymal pathology consistent with pulmonary edema, congestion, or cellular infiltration. Exploratory thoracotomy revealed a segmental torsion of the left cranial lung lobe. The affected lobe was removed and the puppy recovered uneventfully. Unique information: Lung lobe torsion tends to occur more frequently in mature large breed dogs at a mean age of 3 years. The age, breed, and segmental nature of the torsion in the reported case are contrary to most of the previously documented cases of lung lobe torsion. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of lung lobe torsion in a 7-week-old dog. [source] Lethal otogenic Candida meningitisMYCOSES, Issue 9-10 2004S. Koch Candidose; otomykose; meningitis; autopsie Summary A 61-year-old woman with clinical signs of meningitis/encephalitis was admitted to hospital in a somnolent state. Inquiries with regard to the history revealed a chronic obstructive pulmonary condition which had been treated with prednisolone for a long time. There was a raised temperature with further signs of an acute inflammatory underlying disease and internal hydrocephalus. After performing trepanation, the symptoms of raised intercerebral pressure ceased. Candida albicans could be detected microbiologically in the cerebrospinal fluid. There was no pneumonia at the time of admission. Despite instituting immediate intensive care with administration of antibiotics and antimycotics, the patient died 11 days after inpatient admission. Autopsy revealed a C. albicans mycosis originating from the right middle ear with extensive suppurative meningitis, which was the immediate cause of death. Confluent bronchopneumonia had developed in both lower lung lobes at the time of death, but did not show any signs of mycosis and had contributed indirectly to the death of the patient. Zusammenfassung Eine 61jährige Frau wurde mit klinischen Zeichen einer Meningitis/Enzephalitis in somnolentem Zustand stationär aufgenommen. Anamnestisch war eine chronisch-obstruktive Lungenerkrankung eruierbar, die langzeitig mit Prednisolon behandelt wurde. Es bestanden eine erhöhte Körpertemperatur, weitere Zeichen einer akuten entzündlichen Grunderkrankung und ein Hydrocephalus internus. Nach erfolgter Bohrlochtrepanation sistierte die Hirndrucksymptomatik, wobei mikrobiologisch ein Nachweis von Candida albicans im Liquor cerebrospinalis gelang. Zum Aufnahmezeitpunkt lag keine Pneumonie vor. Trotz sofort einsetzender intensivmedizinischer Therapie mit Applikation antibiotischer und antimykotischer Substanzen trat 11 Tage nach stationärer Aufnahme der Exitus letalis ein. Die Obduktion ergab eine vom rechten Mittelohr ausgehende Candida albicans -Mykose mit ausgedehnter eitriger Meningitis, die die unmittelbare Todesursache darstellte. Eine konfluierende Bronchopneumonie, die sich zum Todeszeitpunkt in beiden Lungenunterlappen ausgeprägt hatte, bot keine Zeichen einer Mykose und hat mittelbar zum Todeseintritt beigetragen. [source] Macroscopic Anatomy of the Ringed Seal [Pusa (Phoca) hispida] Lower Respiratory SystemANATOMIA, HISTOLOGIA, EMBRYOLOGIA, Issue 3 2009H. Smodlaka Summary This investigation serves to document the normal anatomical features of the lower respiratory tract of the ringed seal [Pusa (phoca) hispida]. Evaluation of embalmed specimens and tracheobronchial casts showed that the right lung of this seal consists of four lobes while the left has only three lobes. The ventral margins of the lungs do not reach the sternum causing them to form the boundary of the broad recessus costomediastinalis. Lung lobation corresponds with bronchial tree division. Pulmonary venous drainage includes right and left common veins draining ipsilateral cranial and middle lung lobes, and one common caudal vein draining both caudal lobes and the accessory lobe. The right and left pulmonary arteries divide into cranial and caudal branches at the level of the principal bronchus. The ringed seal has three tracheobronchial lymph nodes. The trachea has an average of 87 cartilages that exhibit a pattern of random anastomoses between adjacent rings. The trachea exhibits to a small degree the dorsoventrally flattened pattern that is described in other pinnipeds. The tracheal diameter is smaller than that of the canine. [source] | ||||||||||