– 9 year old male Border Collie being worked-up for prostate disease
– ultrasound and FNA’s confirm BPH
– I found two of these lesions in the caudal abdomen; almost perfectly round in saggital and transverse, hyperechoic with distal acoustic shadowing (better appreciated on clips) no colour flow on Doppler
– I believe they are incidental
– could these be Bates bodies – mineralized necrotic fat?
– 9 year old male Border Collie being worked-up for prostate disease
– ultrasound and FNA’s confirm BPH
– I found two of these lesions in the caudal abdomen; almost perfectly round in saggital and transverse, hyperechoic with distal acoustic shadowing (better appreciated on clips) no colour flow on Doppler
– I believe they are incidental
– could these be Bates bodies – mineralized necrotic fat?
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Looks like it could be to me.
Looks like it could be to me. Bates bodies rarely occur in dogs- but it is possible.
Take an x-ray- they are readily identifiable.
Thanks Randy – I have seen a
Thanks Randy – I have seen a handful in cats on x-ray over the years but you are right, maybe only once I have suspected one in a dog before.
Looks like omental
Looks like omental lipogranuloma to me… bates bodies usually are mineralized but regardless it looks very innocuous.