Liver masses

  • X-ray
  • Dog
  • Abdomen
  • Liver
  • Finding

Findings are Pro only. Every normal study is free; Pro opens each finding beside its normal.

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What to look for

  • Irregular, nodular caudal margin of the right liver lobes
  • Gas in the gastric fundus gives contrast against the masses
  • Masses need a sample: nodular hyperplasia and cancer look alike on a film

Against the normal

Read serosal detail first: fat lets you see the organs' edges, and losing it means fluid, no fat, or a crowd. Then size and place each organ against the vertebrae and the last rib, and follow the gas through the gut.

Source: Kumar V. et al., Vet Med Int 2012:672107. CC BY 4.0. For learning: not a diagnostic service.

Read the film, then see the anatomy in 3D.

Vetomica puts every abdomen structure on this x-ray in a complete 3D dog you can peel, cut and X-ray from any angle, with every imaging finding beside its normal and practice at reading films.

The 3D animals are free for 7 days, no card. Imaging findings are Pro; every normal study stays free.

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