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This dog has metastatic disease. There are multiple small soft tissue nodules throughout the lung fields and two masses in the abdomen.
One abdominal mass is visible between the left kidney and the fundus of the stomach (lateral and v/d views). The second mass is in the caudoventral abdomen, visible only on the lateral projection.
Click this link to see the dorsal mass in the dorsal extremity (head) of the spleen, and the distal mass in the ventral extremity (tail) of the spleen. The more dorsal tumor is causing a mass effect, displacing the left kidney caudally compared to the right kidney (visible on v/d).
This dog had metastatic hemangiosarcoma (HSA). The spleen, right auricle, skin, and subcutaneous tissues are the most common sites, but HSA can arise anywhere.
Radiographic interpretation and images courtesy, Dr A. Zwingenberger and Veterinary Radiology. Normal radiograph links courtesy, Imaging Anatomy Univ. of Illinois Vet Med.
