Case report

Insulinoma in a dog; case report.

Petar Džaja ; Department of Forensic Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Matijatko ; Clinic for Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zoran Šimec ; Department of General Pathology and Pathological Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sven Seiwerth ; Department of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Branka Artuković ; Department of General Pathology and Pathological Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Grabarević ; Department of General Pathology and Pathological Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

A case of an 8-year-old female Irish Setter is described. The animal was presented at the Clinic for Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, with a history of episodic seizures. Based on a high insulin concentration (316.64 pmol/l) and the concurrent presence of severe hypoglycaemia (1.8 mmol/l) a diagnosis of pancreatic beta cells tumour, or insulinoma, was postulated. Therapy was unsuccessful and after three weeks the owners decided to euthanise the dog. Necropsy revealed a right pancreatic lobe tumor that was pathohistologically confirmed as beta cell tumor, or insulinoma.

Keywords

insulinoma; clinical findings; pathological findings; dog

Hrčak ID:

95815

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/95815

Publication date:

19.2.2000.

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