FREQUENCY OF DETERMINATION OF PARENCHYMAL ORGANS DISTURBANCES DURING ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION OF REPRODUCTIVE TRACT

Abstract

Ultrasound Real time 2D diagnostics, being an available and non-invasive method, is successfully used in human medicine, veterinary medicine and biology to diagnose both physiological and pathological conditions. In the case of small animals, the ultrasound is often used to diagnose gravidity, number, size and vitality of fetuses as well as to diagnose pathological conditions present in the genital tract, and is also used to examine testicles and prostate of male animals. Today s advanced use of the ultrasound diagnostics provides us with an opportunity to detect numerous pathological conditions of reproductive tract of both female and male animals, and those conditions directly affect health status of other internal organs. The aim of this study is to diagnose primary genital tract disorders using the ultrasound diagnostics, as well as proving its connection to the changes in parenchymal organs. The ultrasound examination was performed on the total of 12 dogs, 6 male and 6 female dogs. Ovaries, uterus and the organs in the abdominal area were examined using a transducer ranging from 5 to 8 MHz. A transducer of 7.5 MHz was used to examine prostates and testicles. The patients were in dorsal position. Three out of six examined male dogs exhibited changes on their prostates, and the remaining one had a tumor on the testicles. Cystitis and hyperplasia of prostate were also found upon the examination of these dogs. One out of six examined female dogs, had cystic endometrial hyperplasia, three of them had pyometra, and one of them was diagnosed with an follicular cyst. In addition to these pathological conditions, changes were noticed in the liver and pancreas. Along with the detection of primary changes in the genital tract of both male and female animals, the ultrasound diagnostics can be used to discover consequent changes in parenchymal organs.