This week we have a 3-year-old male neutered Labrador Retriever that has been vomiting pink-tinged foam for several hours. Stomach is palpably distended with gas. Unable to pass a stomach tube.
3 year old Labrador Retriever
Teaching and learning about veterinary diagnostic imaging.
Major findings: The stomach is distended with fluid and gas. The fundus of the stomach is in its normal anatomic position. There are multiple gas filled loops of small intestine in the right cranial abdomen. The spleen is caudally displaced but has a normal margin. Serosal detail is adequate. The liver, kidneys, urinary bladder appear normal, and colon appear normal. There is an interstitial to alveolar pattern in the right middle lung lobe
Minor findings: There is lumbosacral spondylosis on the right lateral image. A mild diffuse bronchial pattern is noted in the included caudodorsal lung fields.
Conclusions: 1) 360 GDV, concurrent splenic torsion unlikely, 2) aspiration pneumonia
I thought there was some caudal sternebral spondylosis – is this correct, and is it still normal for a dog at only 3 years of age?