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662 Section 7 Diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts

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Figure 61.2 (a) Right lateral radiograph showing the abdomen of a dog with hyperadrenocorticism. An enlarged liver is identified
extending well beyond the costal arch, with marked rounding of the caudoventral margin (blue arrow) and caudal displacement of the
gastric axis (green arrow). Multiple radiopaque calculi are identified within this dog’s urinary bladder (pink arrow). (b) Ventrodorsal
radiograph showing the abdomen of the same dog with hyperadrenocorticism. The liver can be identified as a large soft tissue opacity
occupying the cranial abdomen but the caudal hepatic margin (blue arrows) is poorly defined. The radiopaque calculi remain evident
within the urinary bladder (pink arrow). Source: Courtesy of University of Liverpool.

Figure 61.3 Right lateral recumbent radiography of a dog with Figure 61.4 Right lateral recumbent radiograph of a female
large mass causing localized hepatomegaly. The mass bulges from chondrodystrophic dog with microhepatica. A small liver (blue
the caudal aspect of the liver (blue arrows), displacing and arrow) is identified with a very upright stomach axis (pink
compressing the stomach caudodorsally (pink arrows). Small arrow) and a very cranially located transverse colon (green
mineralized foci scattered throughout the caudoventral aspect of arrow). This patient is in poor body condition, with reduced
the liver are consistent with dystrophic mineralization (green serosal detail due to a lack of mesenteric fat. Source: Courtesy
arrows). Source: Courtesy of University of Liverpool. of University of Bristol.