Diagnostic imaging of liver cirrhosis in a Shih-Tzu dog

Ho Jung Choi; Ki Ja Lee; Jin Hwa Chang; Ji Young An; I. Se O; Se Joon Ahn; Seong Mok Jeong; Seong Jun Park; Sung Whan Cho; Young Won Lee

Diagnostic imaging of liver cirrhosis in a Shih-Tzu dog

Ho Jung Choi, Ki Ja Lee, Jin Hwa Chang, Ji Young An, I. Se O, Se Joon Ahn, Seong Mok Jeong, Seong Jun Park, Sung Whan Cho, Young Won Lee

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Chungnam National University

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Abstract

A 5-year-old, intact female Shih-Tzu dog was presented with 1 year history of icterus, ascites and anorexia. The serum biochemistry revealed elevated liver enzyme levels. Microhepatica and decreased serosal detail were detected in abdominal radiography. Abdominal ultrasonographic findings included irregular liver margins, multifocal hypoechoic nodules in the liver parenchyma, and ascites. Computed tomography (CT) showed multifocal hypodense nodules with ring-like contrast enhancement. Cytologic and histopathologic examination by liver core biopsy revealed fibrosis. Cirrhosis was diagnosed based on above results. This report focuses on the imaging characteristics of ultrasonography and CT for liver cirrhosis in a dog.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-370
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Veterinary Clinics
Volume	26
Issue number	4
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Cirrhosis
Computed tomography
Dog
Ultrasonography

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Diagnostic imaging of liver cirrhosis in a Shih-Tzu dog

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