Radiographic and ultrasonographic findings of liver lobe torsion in a dog

Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2001 Jul-Aug;42(4):344-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2001.tb00950.x.

Abstract

A twelve-year-old neutered male beagle presented for a cranial abdominal mass. The results of physical examination, laboratory tests, radiography, and ultrasonography are presented. A torsion of the quadrate lobe of the liver was diagnosed at surgery and confirmed by histopathology. A brief discussion of liver lobe torsion is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dog Diseases / physiopathology
  • Dogs
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Diseases / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Torsion Abnormality / diagnostic imaging
  • Torsion Abnormality / veterinary
  • Ultrasonography