Thoracic Lung Mass?? Sonopath’s June 2017 COTM Featuring The Focal Zone

Thoracic Lung Mass Vs. Thymoma

SDEP-certified clinical sonographer, Amanda Lacey of The Focal Zone, demonstrates that a mediastinal mass by any other name….is still a mass that needs a needle.

The mass was easily visualized, it was confirmed that the area to FNA was avascular, a clear distance from the heart, and achieved intercostally, just as one would FNA a liver.

Patient Information:

• Age: 11.5 Years
  Gender: Male, Neutered
  Species: Canine
  Breed: Shar Pei Mixed Breed
  Symptoms:
  Chronic nasal discharge that was unresponsive to doxycycline and getting slowly worse

• Imaging/Sampling:
  Radiographs
  Echocardiogram
  U/S-guided FNA of the lung mass was performed

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