title: Comparison of survey radiography with ultrasonography and x-ray computed tomography for clinical staging of subcutaneous neoplasms in dogs.
abstract: A study of 26 dogs (examined consecutively) with infiltrative subcutaneous neoplasms (mastocytoma, n = 11; soft tissue sarcoma, n = 13; and adenocarcinoma, n = 2) was conducted. Dogs were evaluated by physical examination, survey radiography, ultrasonography (US), and x-ray computed tomography (CT) prior to surgical excision of the tumor. The purpose of the evaluation was to accurately define gross neoplastic margins before surgical excision and to determine whether a difference could be observed between routine clinical staging (physical examination and survey radiography) and more detailed clinical staging (US and CT imaging). The clinical stage of 5 of 26 neoplasms assessed by US and of 17 of 26 neoplasms assessed by CT was determined to be more advanced because of previously undetected neoplasia, greater neoplastic size, or greater tissue invasiveness. Preoperative imaging of infiltrative subcutaneous neoplasms, using US and CT, is highly recommended to accurately determine gross neoplastic margins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Lantz
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Salisbury
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Blevins
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Widmer
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D012515:Mast-Cell Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000662:veterinary*