Computed tomographic findings in a canine ovarian teratoma

Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2024 Jan;65(1):45-48. doi: 10.1111/vru.13318. Epub 2023 Dec 22.

Abstract

A 2-year-old, intact female, Labrador Retriever was referred for progressive abdominal distension, assessed by emergency clinicians as being extrauterine in origin on AFAST. Abdominal radiographs and ultrasound identified a large, lobulated, partially mineralized, soft tissue, mid-abdominal mass and gravid uterus. Contrast-enhanced CT identified a mixed fat to soft tissue attenuating mass with a complex internal mineralized matrix, heterogeneous contrast enhancement, receiving blood from the left ovarian artery. Histology confirmed a left ovarian teratoma, diffuse endometrial hyperplasia, and fetal implantation. The patient had a good post-operative outcome for 2 years, but was later diagnosed with primary cranial mediastinal neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Keywords: calcification; dog; fat fluid interface; ovarian tumor; pregnancy.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Dog Diseases* / pathology
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / veterinary
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Teratoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Teratoma* / veterinary
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / veterinary

Supplementary concepts

  • Teratoma, Ovarian