Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Braun, U
• Tschuor, A. C., Universitaet Zuerich, Zuerich (Switzerland). Departement fuer Nutztiere
• Hilbe, M
• Lange, C. E
• Schwarzwald, C

Titel

Ultrasonographic findings and treatment in a cow with haemangiosarcoma of the urinary bladder

Ist Teil von

• Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 2009-10, Vol.151 (10), p.490-494

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 4.5-year-old Swiss Braunvieh cow was presented to the Department of Farm Animals, University of Zurich, because of severe haematuria. All other clinical findings were within normal ranges. Transrectal ultrasonography revealed a 1 cm × 1 cm echogenic, irregularly-shaped, raised mass in the wall of the urinary bladder. Endoscopy identified the mass as a proliferation, approximately 0.5 cm in diameter, which was bleeding continuously. Thermocautery of the bleeding site was carried out twice five days apart via endoscopy. Clinical signs resolved for the remainder of the cow’s life; she was slaughtered 15 months later because of infertility. Histological examination of the mass revealed a haemangiosarcoma.