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Suspected intrapericardial lipoma in a standard schnauzer
Author(s) -
Jenkins Paul,
Kuan Soo,
Brain Philip
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2018-000657
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , fat necrosis , vomiting , fatty liver , lipoma , surgery , radiology , pathology , disease
A five‐year‐old, male, neutered standard schnauzer presented for vomiting, diarrhoea and fever. A large intrapericardial fatty mass was identified on advanced imaging. The patient underwent a median sternotomy and exploratory coeliotomy to remove the fatty mass measuring 100 mm × 76 mm × 66 mm, the histopathology of which revealed a large fatty mass with necrosis and inflammation. This is the largest reported intrapericardial fatty mass in the veterinary literature. CT at 28 weeks postoperatively revealed no evidence of recurrence.