Radiographic and ultrasonographic findings of liver lobe torsion in a dog.
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.
Sonnenfield
J M
JM
Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Manhattan 66506, USA.
Armbrust
L J
LJ
Radlinsky
M A
MA
Chun
R
R
Hoskinson
J J
JJ
Kennedy
G A
GA
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