title: Smooth muscle neoplasia of the urinary bladder wall in three dogs.
abstract: Smooth muscle origin neoplasia of the urinary bladder wall is rare in dogs. This report describes the ultrasonographic features of two bladder wall leiomyomas and one bladder wall leiomyosarcoma. All three dogs had a single, smoothly marginated, round, hypo to mixed echogenicity intraluminal mass in the urinary bladder. Based on color Doppler examination of the masses, there was no visible blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1601, USA. hgheng@vet.upm.edu.my
authors.forename: Hock Gan
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Heng
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boston
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gabel
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ehrhart
authors.forename: Silvia M Stocker
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gulden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*