- 著者
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Rina NABETA
Hironari OSADA
Misato OGAWA
Ayana HASEGAWA
Miori KISHIMOTO
Hirotada MURAYAMA
Toshinori YOSHIDA
Makoto SHIBUTANI
Hiroshi ITOH
Keitaro OHMORI
- 出版者
- JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
- 雑誌
- Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.79, no.9, pp.1489-1493, 2017 (Released:2017-09-12)
- 参考文献数
- 10
- 被引用文献数
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2
A 9-year-old, spayed female Chihuahua was presented with a 1-week history of lethargy and anorexia. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography found bilateral adrenal masses without metastasis. Serum cortisol levels that were sampled before and after an adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test were within reference ranges. Lethargy and anorexia completely resolved after short-term fluid therapy; the clinical signs did not occur for approximately 8 months until her sudden death. A postmortem examination revealed bilateral adrenocortical carcinomas and liver metastasis. Primary adrenocortical carcinomas developed in the dog met the definition of bilateral incidental adrenal gland masses (IAGMs). This is the first case report to demonstrate based on histological identification that adrenocortical carcinomas cause bilateral IAGMs in dogs.