title: Transsplenic portal scintigraphy using 99mTc-pertechnetate for the diagnosis of portosystemic shunts in cats: a retrospective review of 12 patients.
abstract: Portosystemic shunts (PSS), congenital or acquired, occur uncommonly in the feline population. The diagnostic approach is similar to one in dogs suspected of a PSS based on the clinical signs and haematological and biochemical changes. Diagnostic imaging, however, is key for the confirmation of a PSS. Although abdominal ultrasound is the first-choice diagnostic imaging modality, the results are not always unequivocal. Transsplenic portal scintigraphy (TSPS) using (99m)Tc-pertechnetate is a well-established technique in canine medicine, providing relatively fast and easy confirmation of the presence or absence of a PSS. As the prevalence of PSS is much lower in the feline population, this technique has not been widely used in cats. This retrospective study of 12 cases gives an overview of the potential of TSPS in the diagnostic work-up of PSS in cats (2005-2012).
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandermeulen
authors.forename: Anaïs
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Combes
authors.forename: Hilde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Rooster
authors.forename: Ingeborgh
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Polis
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Spiegeleer
authors.forename: Jimmy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Kathelijne
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peremans
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011168:Portal System / Q000002:abnormalities; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m