title: Ectopic thyroid carcinoma infiltrating the right atrium of the heart in a dog.
abstract: A 12-year-old intact female shih tzu dog was diagnosed with an ectopic thyroid carcinoma infiltrating the right atrium of the heart. Echocardiography and computed tomography were helpful in diagnosis; a definitive diagnosis was made based on postmortem histopathology and immunohistochemistry. The patient lived 428 days beyond diagnosis with only medical management.
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: Min-Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Dae-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hee-Myung
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D050033:Thyroid Dysgenesis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary