Case 3 — Thoracic Radiographs

Right Lateral

Right lateral thoracic radiograph of a French bulldog showing a shallow chest conformation with the cardiac silhouette displaced cranially into the more narrow portion of the thorax, making radiographic assessment of cardiac size difficult

DV

Dorsoventral (DV) thoracic radiograph of the same French bulldog showing a normal chest conformation on this view and an apparently normal cardiac silhouette

Quiz

1. How would you describe this dog’s chest conformation on the lateral view?

2. How would you describe his chest conformation on the DV view?

3. Given the chest conformation on the lateral view, how would you describe the cardiac silhouette?

4. How would you describe the cardiac silhouette on the DV view?

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