TitleIMAGING DIAGNOSIS-MULTIMODALITY FINDINGS IN AN ADULT DOG WITH PRIMARY SARCOMA OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY AND MYOCARDIAL METASTASES.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsStieger-Vanegas, SM, Bottorff, B, Sisson, D, Löhr, CV
JournalVet Radiol Ultrasound
Volume57
Issue4
PaginationE34-41
Date Published2016 Jul
ISSN1740-8261
KeywordsAnimals, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Echocardiography, Electrocardiography, Female, Heart Neoplasms, Multimodal Imaging, Myocardium, Oregon, Pulmonary Artery, Radiography, Sarcoma, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Vascular Neoplasms
Abstract

Intravascular pulmonary artery sarcomas in combination with myocardial metastasis are rare in dogs. We describe the radiographic, echocardiographic, and electrocardiographic-gated (ECG-gated) computed tomographic angiography (CTA) findings in a dog with pulmonary artery sarcoma. All imaging studies demonstrated severe main pulmonary artery enlargement. Echocardiography and ECG-gated CTA revealed a mass occluding the lumen of the right pulmonary artery. In addition, CTA revealed focal left ventricular myocardial contrast enhancement and parenchymal lung changes. Postmortem examination confirmed the presence of a large thrombus associated with arteriosclerosis and an intravascular sarcoma in the right pulmonary artery with metastases to the myocardium, lungs and brain.

DOI10.1111/vru.12307
Alternate JournalVet Radiol Ultrasound
PubMed ID26596519