Extensive venous thrombosis and hind-limb edema associated with adrenocortical carcinoma in a dog.
A 10-year-old, spayed female, mixed-breed dog was referred for evaluation of bilateral hindlimb edema and weakness. Abdominal ultrasonography showed increased echogenicity of the lumen of the caudal vena cava from the level of the urinary bladder to the level of the cranial pole of the right kidney. Bilateral saphenous venograms displayed numerous filling defects in the caudal vena cava, right external iliac vein, right femoral vein, and the right common iliac vein. Extensive venous thrombosis was diagnosed, and the animal was euthanized. Necropsy confirmed the presence of venous thrombosis and revealed a right adrenocortical carcinoma that had invaded the caudal vena cava.
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803-8410, USA.
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Jaffe
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Grooters
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Partington
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Camus
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Hosgood
D018268:Adrenocortical Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004285:Dogs; D004487:Edema; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006614:Hindlimb; D011859:Radiography; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*