Table 3 Radiographic findings in cats separated into different aetiologies
Radiographic signs | CHF (n = 27) | Chylothorax (n = 4) | Pyothorax (n = 12) | Neoplasia (n = 16) | Other (n = 2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac size | Enlarged | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Normal | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
Cannot assess | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | |
Mediastinum | Normal | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Visible mass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Cannot assess | 10 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
Pulmonary artery cranial lobar | Normal | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Enlarged | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cannot assess | 10 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | |
Pulmonary artery caudal lobar | Normal | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Enlarged | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Cannot assess | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
Pulmonary vein cranial lobar | Normal | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Enlarged | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cannot assess | 11 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | |
Pulmonary vein caudal lobar | Normal | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Enlarged | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Cannot assess | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
Pulmonary parenchyma | Interstitial pattern | 19 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Alveolar pattern | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | |
Bronchial pattern | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Nodules | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Mass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Cannot assess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Pleural margins | Normal | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
Rounded / irregular | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |