Imaging diagnosis - canine thoracic mesothelimoa

R L. Echandi, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Federica Morandi, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Shelley Newman, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Amy Holford, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Abstract

A 12-year-old neutered female Pembroke Welsh Corgi had a 2-month history of a progressive, productive cough nonresponsive to therapy. Mild pleural effusion, right middle lung lobe collapse, and multiple subpleural nodular lesions were detected in thoracic radiographs and computed tomography (CT) images. Histopathologic diagnosis of the pleural nodules was mesothelioma. Mesothelioma should be considered in patients where pleural masses are detected in radiographs or CT images.