title: [Ascites as a result of peritoneal mesotheliomas in a horse].
abstract: An abdominal tumor was suspected after clinical evaluation in an eight-year-old, bay-coloured hannoveranian gelding. The diagnosis was based on the symptoms of ascites, on the results of the transcutaneous abdominal ultrasound examination and on the characteristic changes in the serum-electrophoresis. Postmortem a peritoneal mesothelioma was diagnosed. This primary tumor of the peritoneum is rarely described in horses.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pferde, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Harps
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brumhard
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Bartmann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hinrichs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Aszites infolge eines peritonealen Mesothelioms bei einem Pferd.