Radiofrequency (RF) parathyroid ablation is a noninvasive treatment for hyperparathyroidism in dogs. There are no published data assessing factors associated with RF parathyroid ablation success or failure in order to guide patient selection and improve outcome. The purpose of this retrospective...

This study aimed to describe a case of compact thyroid carcinoma in a dog, emphasizing the diagnosis, treatment, and clinical evolution. An 11-year-old mixed-breed male canine was attended at a private clinic, complaining of swelling in the ventral cervical region and difficulty breathing. A mass...

Objective: Aim of our prospective pilot study was to assess the feasibility of computed tomography (CT) to visualize the normal parathyroid gland in dogs and provide a description of its CT appearance. Material and methods: A total of 25 dogs, which received CT imaging including the neck region for ...

Ultrasonography has become an important imaging modality for the evaluation of thyroid and parathyroid glands because it is easy to approach due to anatomical localization, is a non-invasive method and it does not require general anesthesia compared to MRI and CT (especially in older dogs and...

The purpose of this study is to characterize the sonographic appearance of canine parathyroid glands using high-resolution ultrasonography. Ten cadaver dogs were studied after euthanasia for reasons not relating to the parathyroid. The cervical region was examined using a 13-5 MHz linear transducer ...

An 11-year-old, female, spayed Siberian husky was presented for further evaluation based on biochemical analysis confirming primary hyperparathyroidism. Initial ultrasound evaluation confirmed a mass associated with the right external parathyroid gland. A parathyroidectomy of the left and right...

Accurate ultrasonographic differentiation of normal versus abnormal parathyroid glands is important for clinical workup and presurgical screening in dogs with hypercalcemia. In previous published studies, size has been the only ultrasonographic criterion correlated with histologic diagnoses of...

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrinopathies in dogs. In rare cases, it may be associated with further endocrinopathies. The most common combination is the con-currence of hypothyroidism and hypoadrenocorticism. The diagnosis of hypothyroidism is based on the measurement of thyroid...

Thyroid disease is common in dogs and conventional ultrasonography is a standard diagnostic test for diagnosis and treatment planning. Strain elastography can provide additional information about tissue stiffness noninvasively after applying external or internal compression. However, natural...

Computed tomography has been used in human medicine to evaluate the thyroid gland functional status by means of Hounsfield units (HU). Studies describing attenuation value abnormalities, other than those in thyroid neoplasia, lack in veterinary medicine. The authors have observed a subjective...