title: Metallic foreign body in the liver of a dog.
abstract: A 4-year-old beagle had intermittent vomiting and weight loss for 1 month. On plain radiography, an approximately 3.5-cm, radiopaque, linear foreign body was identified in the region of the liver. On ultrasonography, a hyperechoic linear structure with reverberation was identified in the left lobe or quadrate lobe. On computed tomography(CT), a thin hyperattenuating material consistent with a metallic foreign body was identified just medial to the gall bladder. Removal of the foreign body was performed without complications. We present a rare case in which a metallic foreign body was embedded in the liver asymptomatically and found incidentally during a clinical examination performed to ascertain the cause of clinical signs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hojung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Youngwon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jiwhan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Seongchan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yeon
authors.forename: Hyojong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Heechun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000855:Anorexia / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D015431:Weight Loss