title: Surgical removal of a localised vascular hepatic hamartoma in a dog.
abstract: A 2-year-old male Labrador Retriever was presented for sudden abdominal distension. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed abundant abdominal fluid and a hepatic mass, which was removed by total lobectomy. Histologic evaluation of the mass supported a vascular hepatic hamartoma. Vascular hamartomas are rare malformations in animals and only two cases have been reported in the dog. This is the first recorded case of a canine vascular hepatic hamartoma treated surgically and having a successful long-term outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Via Celoria 10, Milan, Italy. massimo.gualtieri@unimi.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gualtieri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cocci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olivero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography