Ultrasonography of spleen in dogs

Abstract

The work presents the results of ultrasonographic researches of features of normal spleen and for its pathological conditions in dogs. We described a method of ultrasound of the spleen in animals of this species and described changes of visualization of the organ. These ultrasonographic characteristics of the spleen with the splenomegaly, hemorrhages in the parenchyma and with breaking the capsule and neoplasia. We established that in healthy animals spleen is in the form of tapes or crescent with sharp edges and homogenous parenchyma.