Case Index - - February 2009 - Case of the Month.

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Signalment:  3 year old mixed breed dog

History: Not Available

Image 1: Short axis of the urinary bladder

Questions:

  1. What are your ultrasonographic findings?
  2. What is your ultrasonographic diagnosis?



















Answer:

  1. An echogenic, well-demarcated spherical mass measuring 55mm was noted ventral and on the right side of the bladder
  2. Possible lipoma

Reference:
IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—INTRA-ABDOMINAL NECROTIC LIPOMA
TARA N. HAMMOND, JOAN REGAN
Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2008 Jul-Aug;49(4):365-7.