title: [Sonographic findings in two miniature goats with metastatic bile duct carcinoma].
abstract: This case study describes 2 miniature goats with metastatic bile duct carcinoma. The main clinical sign was a pear-shaped abdomen due to abdominal distension in case 1 and stranguria and pollakiuria in case 2. Liver enzyme activity was markedly elevated in both goats, and ultrasonographic examination showed multiple round echoic structures that were partly surrounded by a hypoechoic zone. A tentative diagnosis of liver tumour was made based on the sonographic findings, and a final diagnosis of intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma was made post mortem.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trösch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krügger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grest
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006041:Goats; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging