title: Use of contrast ultrasonography in the diagnosis of metastatic feline visceral haemangiosarcoma.
abstract: A 12-year-old cat was presented for investigation of weight loss and inappetence. Radiography and conventional grey-scale ultrasonography showed a large mid-body splenic mass. Contrast enhanced ultrasonography of the liver demonstrated a hypoechoic left lateral lobe nodular mass during the peak and late portal-phases of liver enhancement. Histopathology of the splenic mass and hepatic nodular mass confirmed haemangiosarcoma. The use of ultrasound microbubble contrast media in the diagnosis of hepatic metastasis in the cat has not been previously reported in the cat.
authors.affiliation: Resident in Diagnostic Imaging, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, CB8 7UU, UK. natalie.webster@aht.org.uk
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holloway
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media