Tireoidite linfocítica canina em um Bull terrier

Resumo

Lymphocytic thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease and the mean thyroidal lesion that usually results in canine primary hypothyroidism. This report describes a two years old male Bull terrier that died suddenly during exercise. Pulmonary congestion and edema as well as mitral endocardiosis were the macroscopic important finds. Microscopically were verified valvular endocardiosis, vessels with atherosclerosis and lymphocytic thyroiditis. How there was no previous diagnostic, the anatomopathologic exam was decisive to lesion descriptions and diagnostic conclusion.

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Palavras-chave

Tireóide, Cão, Hipotireoidismo, Thyroid, Dog, Hypothyroidism

Citação

PORTO, Regiani Nascimento Gagno; MOURA, Veridiana Maria Brianezi Dignani de; SANTIN, Ana Paula Iglesias; ALVES, Carlos Eduardo Fonseca; SALES, Tatyane Penha; MATOS, Moema Pacheco Chediak; MIGUEL, Marina Pacheco; BRITO, Luiz Augusto Batista. Tireoidite linfocítica canina em um Bull terrier. Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, Porto Alegre, v. 36, n. 3, p. 285-288, 2008.