title: Radiographic and ultrasonographic findings of liver lobe torsion in a dog.
abstract: A twelve-year-old neutered male beagle presented for a cranial abdominal mass. The results of physical examination, laboratory tests, radiography, and ultrasonography are presented. A torsion of the quadrate lobe of the liver was diagnosed at surgery and confirmed by histopathology. A brief discussion of liver lobe torsion is presented.
authors.affiliation: Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Manhattan 66506, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sonnenfield
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Armbrust
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Radlinsky
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hoskinson
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D014463:Ultrasonography