title: Pericardial lipoma in a geriatric dog with an incidentally discovered thoracic mass.
abstract: An intrathoracic mass was discovered as an incidental finding in a 14-year-old, spayed, female Rottweiler cross during evaluation of urinary incontinence. Computed tomography suggested a pericardial or pleural location and high adipose content of the mass. The mass was removed via lateral thoracotomy with partial pericardectomy and was diagnosed as a pericardial lipoma. The dog recovered well, and there was no evidence of recurrence approximately one year later. Adipose tumours of the heart and its associated structures are rare in dogs and have been associated with both successful and fatal outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0126, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben-Amotz
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Ellison
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary