Cranial vena cava aneurysm in a dog

✍ Scribed by Nathan D. Lee; Kim Danoff; Sheila Etue; John E. Rush

• Book ID: 104035583
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 457 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1760-2734
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2006.01.005

✦ Synopsis

A 1.5-year-old mixed breed dog was presented for evaluation of arrhythmia and a cranial mediastinal density was noted on thoracic radiographs. The density was determined to be a cranial vena cava aneurysm based on ultrasonographic and angiographic testing. No treatment was initiated and the dog remains asymptomatic for the cranial vena cava aneurysm at 6 years of age. Although rare, cranial vena cava aneurysm should be a differential diagnosis for dogs with cranial mediastinal abnormalities on thoracic radiographs.