Imaging diagnosis--canine thoracic mesothelioma.
A 12-year-old neutered female Pembroke Welsh Corgi had a 2-month history of a progressive, productive cough nonresponsive to therapy. Mild pleural effusion, right middle lung lobe collapse, and multiple subpleural nodular lesions were detected in thoracic radiographs and computed tomography (CT) images. Histopathologic diagnosis of the pleural nodules was mesothelioma. Mesothelioma should be considered in patients where pleural masses are detected in radiographs or CT images.
Echandi
Rita L
RL
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (UT-CVM), Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Morandi
Federica
F
Newman
Shelley J
SJ
Holford
Amy
A
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000662:veterinary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*