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Published on: August 17, 2022
Functional metastatic parathyroid adenocarcinoma in a dog
Erin N Kishi1, Shannon P Holmes1, Jeffrey R Abbott1
1Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Kishi, Bacon) and Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology (Abbott), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA; Department of Anatomy and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 501 DW Brooks Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA (Holmes).
Abstract:
A 12-year-old dachshund dog was presented for persistent hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism despite bilateral parathyroidectomy. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head, neck, and cranial mediastinum identified an increased number of cranial mediastinal lymph nodes with heterogeneous signal intensity. Hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism resolved after surgery to remove multiple cranial mediastinal lymph nodes, one of which contained presumed metastatic parathyroid tissue.
