Short Communication: Hepatocellular adenoma in ۱۰ years old Siberian husky dog

A ۱۰-year-old neutered male Siberian husky was referred with a chief complaint of weakness, abdominal distension, inappetence, lethargy, vomiting and diarrhoea that they were appeared two days ago since case had been referred hospital. Case was taken fluid therapy, Marbofloxacin intra muscular injection as a broad-spectrum antibiotic, Vitamin E and Vitamin C ampules for its antioxidative effect, Vitamin K and Omega۳ as hepatoprotective agent and pimobendane tablet and Enalapril tablet during five days. After that, according to nonresponsive to treatment, case was euthanized by the owner demand. Exploratory laparotomy contained about fifty well-oriented, reddish-brown, non-pedunculated, non-invasive nodules on its surface that were encased in a thin capsule of connective tissue. Examination of the nodular lesions through histopathology showed normal hepatocytes with significant cytoplasmic steatosis. Mitotic index, atypical features and nuclear polymorphism were not altered effectively. The post-mortem diagnosis has been confirmed the lesions as hepatocellular adenomas, characterized as benign tumours.

Keywords:

Benign Hepatocellular adenoma , Liver , Dog