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Radiographic, ultrasonographic, and computed tomographic characteristics of an accessory liver lobe in a cat
Marta Soler1, Juana D Carrillo2, Eliseo Belda1
1Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Murcia, Espinardo, Murcia, 30100, Spain.
Abstract:
A 5-year-old male Norwegian Forest cat presented with increased hepatic serum biochemical parameters. Abdominal radiography showed an oval cranioventral mass and ultrasound revealed a mobile mass attached to one hepatic lobe. Computed tomography (CT) confirmed that the mass was attached to the right medial liver lobe. Differential diagnoses were an accessory liver lobe, benign neoplasia, and focal nodular hyperplasia. The mass was removed and histopathology confirmed the mass to be normal liver tissue. Accessory liver lobe should be included in the differential diagnosis of a mobile cranial abdominal mass with a similar ultrasonographic or CT appearance to the liver.
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