Hyperprolactinaemia and galactorrhoea associated with primary hypothyroidism in a bitch.
An endocrinopathy characterised by hyperprolactinaemia and galactorrhoea was found to be associated with primary hypothyroidism in an entire bitch. Clinical diagnosis was confirmed by lowered baseline T4 blood levels, reduced response to the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test, elevated prolactin and TSH values, and echographic and scintigraphic examinations. Levothyroxine treatment resulted in a clinical improvement (especially of the galactorrhoea), and levels of prolactin, thyroxine, TSH, triglycerides and total cholesterol plasma returned to normal.
Cortese
L
L
Istituto di Clinica Medica Veterinaria, Universita' degli Studi Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Oliva
G
G
Verstegen
J
J
Ciaramella
P
P
Persechino
A
A
D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005687:Galactorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D014280:Triglycerides; D011388:Prolactin; D013972:Thyrotropin; D002784:Cholesterol; D013974:Thyroxine