- 8 yo FN GSD
- Severe weight loss, tachypnoea, haemorrhagic/meleanic diarrhoea
- Pleural effusion, abdominal effusion, hypoechoic nodules in liver and spleen, nodular omentum and mass caudal to stomach
- I think this is a carcinomtosis and wondering what the mass caudal to the stomach is, pancdreas, transverse colon? There is not good penetration and in one area (arrowed), I think there is colonic wall layering.
- Animal was PTS but I would like to learn from this case.
- 8 yo FN GSD
- Severe weight loss, tachypnoea, haemorrhagic/meleanic diarrhoea
- Pleural effusion, abdominal effusion, hypoechoic nodules in liver and spleen, nodular omentum and mass caudal to stomach
- I think this is a carcinomtosis and wondering what the mass caudal to the stomach is, pancdreas, transverse colon? There is not good penetration and in one area (arrowed), I think there is colonic wall layering.
- Animal was PTS but I would like to learn from this case.
Comments
Looks like a large
Looks like a large mineralized pancreatic mass which would fit with carcinomatosis as pancreas is the number one culprit for that.
Very interesting, I have
Very interesting, I have never seen this before. Why do they mineralise?
Carcinomas mineralize
Carcinomas mineralize wherever they grow
It is associted with a drop
It is associted with a drop in tissue pH, allowing calcium to precipitate out and hence mineralization.
Nice Remo thanks… that will
Nice Remo thanks… that will get my Nerd on!
I totally forgot the mechanism.