Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Smooth muscle neoplasia of the urinary bladder wall in three dogs.
- Journal:
- Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Heng, Hock Gan et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences · United States
- Species:
- dog
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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