Traumatic subcutaneous translocation of the spleen in an Old English sheepdog

Authors
Anderson, DM Stidworthy, M James, R White, RAS
Citation
Dm. Anderson et al., Traumatic subcutaneous translocation of the spleen in an Old English sheepdog, J SM ANIM P, 41(11), 2000, pp. 515-518
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE
ISSN journal
00224510 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
515 - 518
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4510(200011)41:11<515:TSTOTS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A 14-month-old entire male Old English sheepdog was presented with a slowly enlarging subcutaneous soft tissue swelling caudal to the last rib. Radiog raphic and ultrasonographic investigations demonstrated a soft tissue mass closely adherent to the body wall, with a coarse hypoechoic pattern. Surgic al exploration revealed a mass with the gross appearance of splenic tissue. The mass was adhered to a healed paracostal abdominal tear. Histological e xamination confirmed the resected tissue to be normal spleen.