Case 4: 13-year-old female spayed, Maltese

Chronic intermittent coughing

  • 13-year-old, female spayed, Maltese
  • Chronic intermittent coughing, unresponsive to antitussives
  • Normal thoracic radiographs
  • Reverse sneezing
  • Stertorous, “gurgling” noises suspect to be nasal in origin

Transverse CT images of the head, bone window/algorithm

Sagittal CT images of the head, bone window/algorithm

Transverse CT images of the head, soft tissue algorithm

Transverse CT images of the head, soft tissue algorithm, post contrast

Dorsal CT images of the head, soft tissue algorithm, post-contrast

What's Your Diagnosis?

Be sure to watch the Image Interpretation Session on Saturday, October 23, part of ACVR’s 2021 Virtual Meeting.  Dr. Adrien-Maxence Hespel from the University of Tennessee will be presenting this case along with the session’s MC, Dr. Le Roux.

 

Post-Meeting Answers