title: A case of canine gastrinoma.
abstract: The dog of this case was a 10-year-old Shih Tzu with refractory vomiting, diarrhea and anorexia. Endoscopy revealed an unclear at gastric angle, a stenosis at pyloric antrum and congestion in duodenal mucosa. Since abnormal shadows of irregular echo-levels were disclosed by pancreas ultrasonography, serum gastrin level was determined with a suspect of gastrinoma. And an increase of serum gastrin was demonstrated. In addition, postmortem histological examination revealed that the pancreatic cells were positive for gastrin. Based on these findings, the dog was diagnosed as pancreatic gastrinoma.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary ME Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Kazuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Tetsushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Tomiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000662:veterinary; D015408:Gastrinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins