Liver Anatomy of Long-Eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) Using Multimodal Imaging

Pisheh, Mahdi Ghanaat and Masouleh, Mohammad Nasrollahzadeh and Gilanpour, Hassan and Bokaie, Saied and Mashhadirafiee, Siamak (2025) Liver Anatomy of Long-Eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) Using Multimodal Imaging. World's Veterinary Journal. 1042 - 1052. ISSN 2322-4568

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Abstract

The long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus), a small insectivorous species commonly encountered in exotic animal practice, lacks established imaging references for liver anatomy. The present study aimed to characterize the liver of clinically healthy adult animals using radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Seven clinically healthy adult one-year-old male hedgehogs with body weights of 320-410 grams were examined at the Diagnostic Imaging Unit of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Radiography identified hepatic position and overall shape, while ultrasonography provided real-time assessment of parenchymal echotexture, gallbladder morphology, and major vascular landmarks. The CT and MRI provided detailed cross-sectional visualization, including morphometric measurements and evaluation of parenchymal and vascular architecture. Across all imaging techniques, the right and left hepatic lobes exhibited comparable dimensions and tissue characteristics, with no statistically significant morphometric differences between lobes. The present study established a preliminary reference for liver anatomy in Hemiechinus auritus using multimodal imaging, thereby facilitating clinical diagnosis in this species. © The Author(s) 2025. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Hedgehog; Liver; MRI; Radiography; Ultrasonography
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Divisions:	World's Veterinary Journal (WVJ)
Page Range:	1042 - 1052
Journal or Publication Title:	World's Veterinary Journal
Journal Index:	Scopus
Volume:	15
Number:	4
Publisher:	Scienceline Publication
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.54203/scil.2025.wvj106
ISSN:	2322-4568
Depositing User:	Dr. Alireza Sadeghi
URI:	https://eprints.science-line.com/id/eprint/1661

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