title: Focal fatty liver in a heifer: utility of ultrasonography in diagnosis.
abstract: A 30-month-old Holstein heifer presented with a history of decreased appetite and respiratory signs. Sonographic examination of the liver incidentally revealed an area of increased echogenicity between the portal vein and the gallbladder. The lesion was nonspherical and had no mass effect or displacement of the adjacent vessels. Its boundaries, to the liver, were geographic. The liver specimen was histologically compatible with a diagnosis of focal fatty liver change (FFLC). The sonographic features of focal fatty infiltration of the liver are characteristic. Recognition of the ultrasonographic data is important to differentiate FFLC from other lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Tharwat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: Kazushige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takehana
authors.forename: Yoshinao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Masateru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koiwa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography