Usefulness of MRI compared with CT for diagnosis of mesenteric lymphoma in a dog.
We evaluated the usefulness of MRI and compared it with CT for diagnosis of mesenteric lymphoma in a dog. The results in the plain CT, dynamic CT and plain MR (T1WI and T2WI) images suggested that the mass was a large single nodular lesion with abundant blood perfusion. On enhanced MRI(T1WI) , the mass was depicted as a tumor with adhesion to the gut wall. Exploratory laparotomy confirmed the mass was consistent with the findings on enhanced MRI. We think that MRI might be a useful imaging tool for diagnosis of canine mesenteric lymphoma.
Yasuda
Daiji
D
Department of Veterinary Radiology, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
Fujita
Michio
M
Yasuda
Shuichi
S
Taniguchi
Akiko
A
Miura
Harumi
H
Hasegawa
Daisuke
D
Orima
Hiromitsu
H
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008643:Mesentery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary