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Negative hepatic computed tomographic attenuation pattern in a dog with vacuolar hepatopathy and hepatic fat accumulation secondary to cushing's syndrome
Author(s) -
Carloni Andrea,
Paninarova Michaela,
Cavina Damiano,
Romanucci Mariarita,
Salda Leonardo Della,
Teodori Simone,
Vignoli Massimo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/vru.12568
Subject(s) - medicine , hounsfield scale , computed tomographic , infiltration (hvac) , parenchyma , pathology , computed tomography , radiology , nuclear medicine , physics , thermodynamics
This report describes an unusual computed tomographic (CT) hepatic pattern, characterized by negative attenuation values (from –19.59 to –28.85 Hounsfield Units, HU) in a canine patient with severe Cushing's syndrome. Attenuation values of the splenic parenchyma (63.26 HU) and abdominal fat (–118.34 HU) were within normal limits. The negative hepatic attenuation values allowed a CT diagnosis of severe hepatic fatty infiltration that was subsequently confirmed by tissue‐core biopsy and histopathological examination.