Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The purpose of this report was to describe the diagnostic protocol, treatment and outcome of an 11‐year‐old, entire male, mixed‐breed dog with a gall bladder neoplasia histologically consistent with a leiomyoma. On referral, the patient had no clinical signs related to the gall bladder mass. The detection of the mass was an incidental finding during the staging for an interdigital mass consistent with a mast cell tumour. Elevations in liver enzyme activities, as well as cholesterol and triglycerides, were supportive of cholestasis. Cholecystectomy was ultimately performed 2 months after diagnosis, and histology confirmed a leiomyoma of the gall bladder. Nineteen months after the cholecystectomy, the dog was alive and in good clinical condition.
Source: Veterinary Record Case Reports
DOI: 10.1002/vrc2.70014
Authors: Elisa Pizzi, Stefano Zanardi, Andrea Renzi, Ilaria Maga, Sara Del Magno
Institution: University of Bologna
Language: English
Topic: Veterinary Oncology Research
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $1,480
OpenAlex ID: W4408319981