Elastography as a diagnostic tool in the prostate tumour detection in Labrador retriever.

Prostate tumours are hard to detect in dogs. Early diagnosis is a key to maintain fertility and to protect against metastasis and death. Elastography is a diagnostic tool to obtain very detailed results of changes in tissue stiffness of this organ. There are no studies about the application of elastography to diagnose the prostate tumours in dogs. In our case, in male Labrador retriever there was state a prostate lesion by both scanning-grey ultrasonogram and elastography. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) confirmed the adenocarcinoma only in elastography-changed area. Thus, this method is helpful to diagnose prostate tumours and should be the first additional survey in routine examination of the prostate in the dog.