IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—ECTOPIC SPLEEN MIMICKING HEPATIC TUMOR WITH INTRA‐ABDOMINAL METASTASES INVESTIGATED VIA TRIPLE‐PHASE HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN A DOG |
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| Authors: | Kenji Kutara Toshiaki Konno Hirotaka Kondo Kotoyo Aoki Hinako Yamazoe Satoru Matsunaga |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Companion Animal Medical Imaging Center, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Japan;2. Synergy Animal General Hospital, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A 10‐year‐old castrated male miniature dachshund was presented with an abdominal mass. The dog had a history of splenectomy. Triple‐phase helical computed tomography was utilized, revealing a hepatic mass and multiple intra‐abdominal solid masses. In triple‐phase helical computed tomography the images, hepatic mass and two of four intra‐abdominal masses were heterogenous in all phases. Therefore, we diagnosed a malignant hepatic tumor and presumed intra‐abdominal metastases. The masses were surgically removed and were histologically composed of normal spleen tissues, findings which were consistent with ectopic spleen. |
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| Keywords: | abdominal mass computed tomography ectopic spleen |
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