title: Usefulness of MRI compared with CT for diagnosis of mesenteric lymphoma in a dog.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Radiology, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Daiji
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orima
mesh_terms: 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