Title | IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-MULTIMODALITY FINDINGS IN AN ADULT DOG WITH PRIMARY SARCOMA OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY AND MYOCARDIAL METASTASES. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Stieger-Vanegas, SM, Bottorff, B, Sisson, D, Löhr, CV |
Journal | Vet Radiol Ultrasound |
Volume | 57 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | E34-41 |
Date Published | 2016 Jul |
ISSN | 1740-8261 |
Keywords | Animals, 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.
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DOI | 10.1111/vru.12307 |
Alternate Journal | Vet Radiol Ultrasound |
PubMed ID | 26596519 |