Ultrasound scanning

Margaret Costello MVB DVR DipECVDI MRCVS has been offering a mobile ultrasound referral service in the South West for more than twelve years and is pleased to take stand-alone ultrasound referrals at Highcroft

Ultrasound scanning is suitable for the investigation of many difficult cases:

• Unexplained weight loss
• Chronic vomiting and diarrhoea
• Suspected pancreatitis
• Tumour staging
• Porto systemic shunts

Margaret uses the latest technology in ultrasound, MyLab30VetGold, with full colour Doppler and ultrasound probes suitable for the smallest to the largest patients:

• 3 phased array probes 2.5 - 10 MHz
• 4-8 MHz microvonvex probe
• 10-18 MHz linear probe
• Colour and power Doppler and tissue harmonic imaging

Indications for abdominal ultrasound:

• Acute collapse
• Anaemia
• Ascites
• Chronic diarrhoea
• Chronic vomiting
• Diaphragmatic rupture
• Geriatric check
• Haematuria/dysuria/stranguria/cystitis
• Hepatic disease
• Hypercalcemia
• Jaundice
• Kidney disease
• Metastatic disease check
• Palpation of mass
• Pancreatic disease
• Peripheral lymphadenopathy/Suspect lymphoma
• Polydipsia/polyuria
• Portosystemic shunt investigation
• Prostatic and testicular disease
• Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)
• Significant abnormal blood results
• Suspect PSS
• Vague malaise
• Weight loss

If you would like to refer a case to Margaret for ultrasound scanning, please click here How the Service Works