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Title: | Radiographic Findings in Dogs with Naturally-Occurring Primary Hypoadrenocorticism | Authors: | Melián Limiñana, Carlos Stefanacci, Joseph D. Peterson, Mark E. Kintzer, Peter P. |
UNESCO Clasification: | 310907 Patología 240118 Mamíferos |
Keywords: | Familial Hypoadrenocorticism Adrenal Cortex Hyperfunction Trilostane Canis familiaris Adrenal insufficiency |
Issue Date: | 1999 | Publisher: | 0587-2871 | Journal: | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association | Abstract: | Survey radiographs often are obtained in dogs with primary hypoadrenocorticism in adrenal crisis as part of the routine evaluation of a critically ill dog. In this study, standardized methods of cardiac, pulmonary vasculature, and vena cava mensuration were used in 22 dogs with naturally-occurring primary hypoadrenocorticism, and the findings were compared with those in 22 breed-matched, clinically normal dogs. Most (81.8%) untreated dogs with primary hypoadrenocorticism had one or more radiographic abnormalities, including small size of the heart (45.5%), cranial lobar pulmonary artery (36.4%), caudal vena cava (54.5%), or liver (36.4%). Megaesophagus was not found in any of the dogs with hypoadrenocorticism, and therefore, compared to the other common radiographic findings, should be considered a rare finding. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/45841 | ISSN: | 0587-2871 | DOI: | 10.5326/15473317-35-3-208 | Source: | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association [ISSN 0587-2871], v. 35, p. 208-212 |
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