Clinical signs of liver lobe torsion in rabbits are often nonspecific and mimic those that are also generally detected with gastrointestinal stasis. Nonspecific clinical signs may result in pursuit of full‐body imaging such as computed tomography (CT). The aim of this multicenter, retrospective, case series study was to describe CT findings of liver lobe torsion in a group of rabbits. Computed tomography studies of six rabbits with confirmed liver lobe torsion by surgery or necropsy were evaluated. The caudate liver lobe was affected in six out of six rabbits and was enlarged, rounded, hypoattenuating, heterogeneous, and minimally to noncontrast enhancing, with scant regional peritoneal effusion. Precontrast, mean Hounsfield units (HU) of the torsed liver lobe (39.3 HU [range, 24.4‐48.1 HU]) were lower than mean HU of normal liver (55.1 HU [range, 49.6‐60.8 HU]), with a mean torsed:normal HU ratio of 0.71 (range, 0.49‐0.91). Postcontrast, mean HU of the torsed liver lobe (38.4 HU [range, 19.7‐48.9 HU]) were also lower than mean HU of normal liver (108.4 HU [range, 84.5‐142.0 HU]), with a lower postcontrast mean torsed:normal HU ratio of 0.35 (range, 0.14‐0.48) compared to precontrast. Mean HU of torsed liver lobes had little difference pre‐ and postcontrast (postcontrast HU 1.0 times the average precontrast HU [range, 0.81‐1.1]), and contrast enhancement of the torsed liver lobes was on average 50% lower than in normal liver. Liver lobe torsion should be considered in rabbits with an enlarged, hypoattenuating, heterogeneous, minimally to noncontrast enhancing liver lobe, particularly the caudate lobe, and scant regional peritoneal effusion.
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