Imaging findings in 11 cats with feline dysautonomia
| Autor: | Kerry Simpson, Rosa Novellas, Gawain Hammond, Danielle Gunn-Moore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Diagnostic Imaging
Male congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Urinary system Primary Dysautonomias Distension Aspiration pneumonia Cat Diseases Gastroenterology Diagnosis Differential Internal medicine medicine Animals Small Animals Retrospective Studies Urinary bladder Megacolon business.industry Gastric distension Dysautonomia medicine.disease Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Cats Female medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 12:584-591 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2750 1098-612X |
| Popis: | Dysautonomia is caused by degeneration of the autonomic ganglia. Failure of the autonomic system affecting the gastrointestinal and urinary tracts can cause oesophageal distension and/or dysfunction, gastric and bowel distension and hypomotility, and urinary bladder distension. The aim of this retrospective study was to describe diagnostic imaging findings in cats with dysautonomia. Common findings were megaoesophagus and/or oesophageal dysfunction, gastric distension and signs of intestinal ileus. Associated aspiration pneumonia and megacolon appeared less commonly. Although diagnostic imaging findings are not specific for this disease, if findings in multiple systems are detected, along with consistent clinical signs and neurological deficits, dysautonomia should be considered among the differential diagnosis. |
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