title: Aortic body tumor in full-sibling English bulldogs.
abstract: A 10-year-old, neutered male English bulldog died acutely from respiratory distress after a short history of progressive dyspnea. Less than 2 months later, a spayed female full sibling of that dog died suddenly during a nail trim. An aortic body tumor was the cause of death in both dogs based on postmortem and histological examinations. A pheochromocytoma was also diagnosed in the neutered male. Neither dog had a history of brachycephalic airway syndrome, and the implication for a genetic predisposition toward the development of paraganglioma is discussed. This is the first case report of aortic body tumors in sibling dogs, although the condition may not be an uncommon phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
authors.forename: Traci Elliott
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Harkin
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nietfeld
authors.forename: Jared J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001016:Aortic Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D001947:Breeding; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*