Fig. 4

Ultrasonographic images (a, b) of a 3–year-old English Setter with an oval plant material in the left iliopsoas muscle and intraoperative photograph of the awn after removal (c). a Transabdominal ultrasonographic image showing the 0.3-cm-long awn (arrow) with a small linear hyperechoic structure compatible with a barb. The foreign body is surrounded by a hypoechoic zone consistent with myositis. b Intraoperative ultrasonographic image of the plant material in a confirming its presence in the left iliopsoas muscle. c The plant material is shown