SMOOTH MUSCLE NEOPLASIA OF THE URINARY BLADDER WALL IN THREE DOGS |
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| Authors: | HOCK GAN HENG JENNIFER E LOWRY SARAH BOSTON CARLA GABEL NICOLE EHRHART SILVIA M STOCKER GULDEN |
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| Institution: | Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1601, USA. hgheng@vet.upm.edu.my |
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| Abstract: | Smooth muscle origin neoplasia of the urinary bladder wall is rare in dogs. This report describes the ultrasonographic features of two bladder wall leiomyomas and one bladder wall leiomyosarcoma. All three dogs had a single, smoothly marginated, round, hypo to mixed echogenicity intraluminal mass in the urinary bladder. Based on color Doppler examination of the masses, there was no visible blood flow. |
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| Keywords: | dogs leiomyoma leiomyosarcoma ultrasound urinary bladder |
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