Today’s case is a 6-year-old Labrador Retriever presented for a two-day history of lethargy and anorexia and respiratory distress. What are your differential diagnoses?
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On both lateral projections there appears to be a triangle shaped soft tissue opacity in the ventral thorax that resembles the shape of the spleen. Is it possible this could be a diaphragmatic hernia and possibly the dog suffered some kind of trauma (HBC?) without the owner being aware?
in Right lateral view I can not see the hepatic silhouette within adbominal cavity and cranial to stomach. It is more suspected to right hepatic diaphragmatic herniation and consequence torsion.