[Sonographic findings in two miniature goats with metastatic bile duct carcinoma]

This case study describes 2 miniature goats with metastatic bile duct carcinoma. The main clinical sign was a pear-shaped abdomen due to abdominal distension in case 1 and stranguria and pollakiuria in case 2. Liver enzyme activity was markedly elevated in both goats, and ultrasonographic examination showed multiple round echoic structures that were partly surrounded by a hypoechoic zone. A tentative diagnosis of liver tumour was made based on the sonographic findings, and a final diagnosis of intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma was made post mortem.