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KMID : 1094020060230020175
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics
2006 Volume.23 No. 2 p.175 ~ p.179
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Intestinal Lymphangiectasia in a Yorkshire terrier Dog: Clinical Outcome, Clinicopathological and Histopathological Findings
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Hwang Du-Na
Park Chul
Kang Byeong-Teck
Jeong Soon-Wuk
Sur Jung-Hyang
Park Hee-Myung
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Abstract
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A 7-year-old, 3.16 kg intact male Yorkshire terrier had the history of abdominal distension, diarrhea, and weight loss. On the basis of history takings, physical examination, laboratory tests, radiography, ultrasonography, exploratory laparotomy, and histopathological examination, the dog was diagnosed definitely as intestinal lymphangiectasia. In this case, signs and results are consistent with those of other reports, but some clinicopathological findings such as hypocalcemia and hypocholesterolemia are not. This means that the findings were not completely in accord with the typical ones of intestinal lymphangiectasia in this dog. Prednisolone was prescribed to treat. However, it was not effective sufficiently. Thus, azathioprine was added to the regimen used in the first trial, and it was quite efficient in inducing remission in intestinal lymphangiectasia. The clinical signs were improved to the combined therapy. This case report demonstrates that the combined therapy for intestinal lymphangiectasia can be used as an alternative to only glucocorticoid therapy.
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KEYWORD
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intestinal lymphangiectasia, ascites, hypoproteinemia, glucocorticosteroid, azathioprine
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