title: IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-ECTOPIC SPLEEN MIMICKING HEPATIC TUMOR WITH INTRA-ABDOMINAL METASTASES INVESTIGATED VIA TRIPLE-PHASE HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN A DOG.
abstract: A 10-year-old castrated male miniature dachshund was presented with an abdominal mass. The dog had a history of splenectomy. Triple-phase helical computed tomography was utilized, revealing a hepatic mass and multiple intra-abdominal solid masses. In triple-phase helical computed tomography the images, hepatic mass and two of four intra-abdominal masses were heterogenous in all phases. Therefore, we diagnosed a malignant hepatic tumor and presumed intra-abdominal metastases. The masses were surgically removed and were histologically composed of normal spleen tissues, findings which were consistent with ectopic spleen.
authors.affiliation: Companion Animal Medical Imaging Center, 3-5-7 Hisamoto, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kutara
authors.affiliation: Synergy Animal General Hospital, 815 Ishigami Kawaguchi, Saitama, 333-0823, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.affiliation: Synergy Animal General Hospital, 815 Ishigami Kawaguchi, Saitama, 333-0823, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.affiliation: Companion Animal Medical Imaging Center, 3-5-7 Hisamoto, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kotoyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.affiliation: Companion Animal Medical Imaging Center, 3-5-7 Hisamoto, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hinako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamazoe
authors.affiliation: Companion Animal Medical Imaging Center, 3-5-7 Hisamoto, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000818:Animals; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004285:Dogs; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: abdominal mass; computed tomography; ectopic spleen