title: Imaging findings in 11 cats with feline dysautonomia.
abstract: Dysautonomia is caused by degeneration of the autonomic ganglia. Failure of the autonomic system affecting the gastrointestinal and urinary tracts can cause oesophageal distension and/or dysfunction, gastric and bowel distension and hypomotility, and urinary bladder distension. The aim of this retrospective study was to describe diagnostic imaging findings in cats with dysautonomia. Common findings were megaoesophagus and/or oesophageal dysfunction, gastric distension and signs of intestinal ileus. Associated aspiration pneumonia and megacolon appeared less commonly. Although diagnostic imaging findings are not specific for this disease, if findings in multiple systems are detected, along with consistent clinical signs and neurological deficits, dysautonomia should be considered among the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom. r.novellastorroja@vet.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Novellas
authors.forename: Kerry E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Danièlle A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gunn-Moore
authors.forename: Gawain J C
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D054969:Primary Dysautonomias / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies
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