Abdominal ultrasound checklist

For each organ, aim to visualise the whole organ; the cranial, caudal,
dorsal, ventral, lateral and medial extent. Aim to visualise all structures
in a minimum of two orthogonal planes; sagittal and transverse.

Hepatic and biliary tract

SIZE VASCULATURE
Notes:
ECHOGENICITY BILIARY
TRACT
ECHOTEXTURE
LIVER CAPSULE

SIZE
Notes:
WALLS
CONTENTS
GALL BLADDER NECK

Spleen
HEAD, BODY, TAIL SIZE
Notes:
CAPSULE POSITION IN THE ABDOMEN
ECHOGENICITY SPLENIC HILUS
SPLEEN ECHOTEXTURE SPLENIC VASCULATURE

Urinary tract
SHAPE CORTICOMEDULLARY
Notes:
DEFINITION
LENGTH
RENAL PELVIS
WIDTH
CORTICAL ECHOGENICITY
KIDNEYS (LEFT & RIGHT) CAPSULE

SIZE BLADDER NECK

Notes:
WALL LAYERS URETERAL PAPILLAE
AND THICKNESS
ECHOGENICITY OF
(IF POSSIBLE)
CONTENTS (ARTEFACTS!)
URINARY BLADDER

Gastrointestinal tract
FUNDUS LUMINAL
Notes:
CONTENTS
BODY
WALL LAYERS
PYLORUS
WALL THICKNESS
STOMACH

DUODENUM LUMINAL
Notes:
CONTENTS
JEJUNUM
WALL LAYERS
ILEUM
WALL THICKNESS
SMALL INTESTINE ICCJ

COLON LUMINAL
Notes:
CONTENTS
ASCENDING
WALL LAYERS
TRANSVERSE
LARGE INTESTINE WALL THICKNESS
DESCENDING

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Endocrine system
LEFT LIMB SIZE (WIDTH)
Notes:
BODY ECHOTEXTURE
RIGHT LIMB
PANCREAS ECHOGENICITY

SIZE WIDTH
Notes:
(MEASURE
SHAPE
POLE)
ECHOTEXTURE
ADRENAL GLANDS
(LEFT & RIGHT) ECHOGENICITY

Reproductive tract
UTERUS OVARIES
Notes:
ECHOGENICITY SIZE
LUMINAL CONTENTS FOLLICLES
DETECTABLE
FEMALE SIZE

PROSTATE ECHOTEXTURE
Notes:
NEUTERED SIZE
ENTIRE LOBE SYMMETRY
MALE ECHOGENICITY URETHRA

Cardiovascular system
AORTA Notes:
CAUDAL
VENA
CAVA
MAJOR VESSELS

Lymph nodes
MOST EASILY IDENTIFIABLE:
Notes:
MEDIAL ILIAC

PARIETAL SHAPE SIZE (WIDTH)

LYMPH NODES ECHOGENICITY

MOST EASILY IDENTIFIABLE:

Notes:
SPLENIC/MESENTERIC/JEJUNAL

VISCERAL LYMPH SHAPE SIZE (WIDTH)

NODES ECHOGENICITY

N.B. This checklist is intended as a guideline only for a basic overview of the small animal abdomen.

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