title: Biliary cystadenoma in a Maltese dog: clinical and diagnostic findings.
abstract: A 14-year-old Maltese dog presented for complete medical examination due to intermittent vomiting and diarrhea observed during the previous two days. A single, solitary, lobulated cystic mass was observed in the liver upon ultrasonographic and computed tomographic examination. After surgical hepatic resection to remove the mass, histological examination revealed a multilocular cyst lined by cuboidal to columnar epithelial cells, which is consistent with biliary cystadenoma. Here, we report the clinical, clinicopathological, histopathological, and diagnostic imaging findings of biliary cystadenoma in a dog.
authors.affiliation: BK21 Basic & Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Diseases and Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143–701, South Korea.
authors.forename: So-Jeung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Ju-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung-Hyang
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sur
authors.forename: Soon-Wuk
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Hee-Myung
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male