A case of canine gastrinoma.
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.
Fukushima
Ryuji
R
Veterinary ME Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Ichikawa
Kazuyo
K
Hirabayashi
Miki
M
Yamagami
Tetsushi
T
Koyama
Hidekazu
H
Hirose
Hisashi
H
Uchino
Tomiya
T
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
D005755:Gastrins