PleuralPort™ Placement in a Miniature Poodle with Chronic Idiopathic Pleural Effusion
| dc.contributor.author | Blakely, Robert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-13T17:04:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-13T17:04:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-11-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A 4-year-old female spayed Miniature Poodle was presented to her primary care veterinarian for lethargy, weight loss and respiratory distress. Thoracic radiographs showed a moderate amount of pleural effusion. A thoracocentesis yielded over half a liter of fluid from the pleural space. The patient was treated with increasing doses of prednisone over a 10-month period without resolution of clinical signs. Serial thoracocenteses were performed every 2 to 4 weeks as needed. Cytologic evaluation of the effusion revealed a high protein transudate with reactive lymphoid cells. The patient was referred for the persisting pleural effusion. Physical examination at presentation revealed decreased lung sounds in the right ventral lung fields. A computed tomography scan revealed no significant abnormalities. It was concluded that the pleural effusion is likely idiopathic in nature. PleuralPort™ placement was achieved in the right lateral thorax and an additional 600mL of transudate were withdrawn from the pleural cavity post operatively. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/60213 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Canine --PleuralPort™ | en_US |
| dc.subject | Canine -- pleural effusion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Canine --dyspnea | en_US |
| dc.subject | Canine -- thoracocentesis | en_US |
| dc.title | PleuralPort™ Placement in a Miniature Poodle with Chronic Idiopathic Pleural Effusion | en_US |
| dc.type | case study | en_US |
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