Articles describing canine thyroid disease including its diagnosis, etiology, and treatment.
Moore F.M., Kledzik G.S., Wolfe H.J., et al. Vet Pathol, 1984. 21(2): p.168-73. Although thyroid gland neoplasms are well-recognized entities in dogs, the diagnosis and classification of these tumors often is difficult. In contrast to human thyroid carcinomas, which … Read More
Walsh KM, Diters RW. Journal of American Animal Hospital Association 1984;20:665-668. The differential diagnoses for heart base mass include aortic body chemodectoma, ectopic thyroid tumor, ectopic parathyroid tumor, mesothelioma, cardiac myxoma, and lymphadenopathy. The inci- dence of ectopic thyroid neoplasms … Read More
Lewis GT, Blanchard GL, Trapp AL, et al. Journal of American Animal Hospital Association 1984;20:805-812. External ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of extraocular muscles) and internal ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of intraocular muscles) may occur as isolated or concomitant lesions of one or both eyes.10’13’24’34 … Read More
JR H, RR K, FF H. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1984;20:319-324.
Beck-Peccoz P, Romelli PB, Faglia G. J Endocrinol Invest 1983;6:333-340. Two clinically euthyroid patients were noted to have low total T3 levels as assessed by RIA using either dextran-charcoal (DC) or polyethylene glycol (PEG) for separation of bound from unbound … Read More
Peterson ME. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1982;181:1434-1436.
Birchard SJ, Roesel OF. Journal of American Animal Hospital Association 1981;17:369-372.
O’Brien SE, Riley JH, Hagemoser WA. Vet Rec 1980;107:199-200. An aged cat with a thyroid neoplasm showed clinical signs and had laboratory data and post mortem findings similar to those observed in human and canine patients afflicted with hyperthyroidism. Because … Read More
Thompson EJ, Stirtzinger T, Lumsden JH, et al. Can Vet J 1980;21:186-188. In 11 dogs with thyroid carcinomas there was a good correlation between cytological results of fine needle aspiration biopsy and histological findings. The only difficulty with the aspiration … Read More
Mitchell M, Hurov LI, Troy GC. Veterinary Surgery 1979;8:112-118. Tumor characteristics and degree of metastatic disease are outlined for 15 cases of canine thyroid carcinoma based on physical, laboratory, and radiographic examinations. Results of thyroid scintiscans using sodium pertechnetate are … Read More