Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Use of contrast ultrasonography in the diagnosis of metastatic feline visceral haemangiosarcoma.
- Journal:
- Journal of feline medicine and surgery
- Year:
- 2008
- Authors:
- Webster, Natalie & Holloway, Andrew
- Affiliation:
- Resident in Diagnostic Imaging · United Kingdom
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
A 12-year-old cat was presented for investigation of weight loss and inappetence. Radiography and conventional grey-scale ultrasonography showed a large mid-body splenic mass. Contrast enhanced ultrasonography of the liver demonstrated a hypoechoic left lateral lobe nodular mass during the peak and late portal-phases of liver enhancement. Histopathology of the splenic mass and hepatic nodular mass confirmed haemangiosarcoma. The use of ultrasound microbubble contrast media in the diagnosis of hepatic metastasis in the cat has not been previously reported in the cat.
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