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Thoracic radiograph laterolateral view showing the reduction of the cardiac silhouette (vertebral heart scale system score: 8.2) and pulmonary vascular hypoperfusion that both suggest reduction of plasmatic volume.
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Thoracic radiograph showed a small cardiac silhouette with a vertebral heart scale system score of 8.2 (reference values 8.5-10.6) and reduced pulmonary perfusion (Figure 1).
Abdominal ultrasonography (linear probe 10 MHz). In different views, the bowel appears distended by fluid with several thin linear hyperechoic objects (arrows (a)) (white square (b)) floating within the lumen.
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Adrenal glands appeared normal both for dimension and morphology, while the bowel was distended by fluid, and several thin linear hyperechoic echoes floating within the bowel lumen were observed (Figures 2(a) and 2(b)).