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Liver Lobe Torsion with Hemangiosarcoma in a Dog

  • Park, Jiyoung (College of Veterinary Medicine.Research institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Hae-Beom (College of Veterinary Medicine.Research institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Jeong, Seong Mok (College of Veterinary Medicine.Research institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2016.04.04
  • Accepted : 2016.10.21
  • Published : 2016.12.30
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Abstract

A 12-year-old spayed, female Siberian Husky dog weighing 40 kg was referred for sudden collapse without a traumatic history. A splenic mass and hemoperitoneum were identified by ultrasonography and abdominocentesis at a local animal hospital. Emergency exploratory laparotomy was performed once the patient was stabilized. A splenic mass and engorged hepatic mass in the torsed left liver lobe were identified. Partial hepatic lobectomy of the left lateral lobe was performed using a laparoscopic linear self-cutting stapler and the spleen was also removed using an ultrasonic scalpel. Histopathologic examination revealed a diagnosis of splenic hemangiosarcoma with metastasis to the liver. Chemotherapy was not performed because the client did not give consent. The patient was checked regularly until death on POD 324. The metastatic nodules had spread to the lungs and other liver lobes and had gradually increased in size. Liver lobe torsion is a rare condition in dogs, especially accompanying neoplasia. This case supports a potential relationship between liver lobe torsion and neoplastic liver mass in dogs.

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