Thyroid Thoughts

Kienle RD, Bruyette D, Pion PD. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1994;24:495-507. Thyroid disease is common in veterinary practice. The heart, especially the myocardium, is sensitive to thyroid hormone, and deficiencies or excesses can alter cardiovascular function. Observed … Read More

Ferguson DC. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1994;24:515-539. Until a clinically useful canine TSH assay is available, a valid test of thyroid hypofunction should (1) take into consideration valid (or at least predictive) measurement of the free T4 … Read More

Kaptein EM, Hays MT, Ferguson DC. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1994;24:431-466. Knowledge of thyroid hormone and iodide metabolism is derived from a combination of in vivo and in vitro studies in a variety of mammalian species including … Read More

Johnson CA. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1994;24:509-514. Thyroid function and reproductive function have many interactions, the scope and mechanism of which are not fully understood. These functions are of greatest clinical importance for veterinarians working with breeders … Read More

Kintzer PP, Peterson ME. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1994;24:587-605. Nuclear medicine may have both diagnostic and therapeutic utility during the evaluation and management of thyroid disease. This article will focus on the use of radionuclide scintigraphy and … Read More

Jaggy A, Oliver JE. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1994;24:487-494. Animals with polyneuropathy associated with primary hypothyroidism have clinical neurologic signs that range from peripheral vestibular signs, lower motor neuronal deficits, laryngeal paralysis, to megaesophagus; however, a few … Read More

Panciera DL. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1994;204:761-767. Sixty-six dogs with hypothyroidism were identified from dogs examined over a 5-year period. Hypothyroidism was diagnosed only if the dog had a low, resting serum thyroxine concentration and serum thyroxine … Read More

Tang KN, Mansell JL, Herron AJ, et al. Vet Pathol 1994;31:269-271.

Kramer RW, Price GS, Spodnick GJ. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1994;35:132-136. Hypothyroidism was diagnosed in a dog which had undergone unilateral thyroid lobectomy and external beam irradiation (48 Gy in 3 Gy fractions) for a functional cystic thyroid adenocarcinoma. Hypothyroidism … Read More

Marks SL, Koblik PD, Hornof WJ, et al. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1994;204:756-760. Thyroid gland scintigraphy was performed in 29 dogs with histologically confirmed thyroid tumors. Twenty dogs were female, and 9 were male. Median age was 10 years. … Read More