Diagnostic imaging of a mass-shape hepatic steatosis in a dog treated with chemotherapy

N Lee, J Seo, J Kim and J Yoon
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N Lee: College of Veterinary Medicine and the Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
J Seo: Time Animal Medical Center, Dunsan-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
J Kim: Time Animal Medical Center, Dunsan-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
J Yoon: College of Veterinary Medicine and the Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Veterinární medicína, 2020, vol. 65, issue 5, 221-226

Abstract: A left medial liver mass was found through the monitoring of the metastasis in a 15-years-old, spayed female Maltese dog. The patient had a history of chemotherapy with carboplatin after surgical resection of the mammary gland tumour. Ultrasonography (US) showed a massive hyperechoic mass in the left liver. The left medial liver mass was identified as a poorly demarcated, hypoattenuated area on the non-enhanced and all the phases of contrast-enhanced computed tomography. The liver mass was surgically removed and the histopathological examination showed a fatty deposition and no evidence of neoplasm. Based on the patient's history, diagnostic imaging and histopathological findings, the liver mass was considered as a chemotherapy-induced hepatic steatosis. This report provides the diagnostic imaging characteristics of the hepatic steatosis that could help differentiate it from a malignancy in a dog treated with chemotherapy.

Keywords: chemotherapy; diagnostic imaging; dog; hepatic steatosis; mass shaped (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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