title: A cardiac vascular hamartoma in a calf: ultrasonographic and pathologic images.
abstract: A right atrial mass was observed by ultrasound in a 3-month-old red Holstein calf. Differential diagnoses included endocarditis or tumor. Due to the poor prognosis, the calf was euthanized. On gross examination, there was a marked dilation of the right atrium. A round, poorly delineated, 2 cm mass was visualized in the right atrium. Microscopic findings were consistent with a vascular hamartoma.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital des animaux de la ferme, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, 3200 rue Sicotte, CP.5000, Saint Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. anne-claire.brisville@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Anne-Claire
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Brisville
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buczinski
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chénier
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Francoz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography