Post-mortem CT vs necropsy in feline medicine

• Autor(a) principal: Ribas, Laila M. [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Massad, Mara R. R. [UNESP], Pinto, Ana C. B. C. F., Heng, Hock Gan, Tremori, Talia M. [UNESP], Reis, Servio T. J. [UNESP], Baroni, Carina O., Massad, Eduardo, Rocha, Noeme S. [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1098612X20919310; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/196901
• topic: Post-mortem examination; radiology; multislice computed tomography; veterinary pathology

Objectives The aim of this study was to compare post-mortem CT findings with necropsy findings in domestic cats. Methods Post-mortem CT and necropsies were performed in 20 cadavers of domestic cats. The sensitivity, specificity and agreement between the post-mortem CT and necropsy findings were determined. Results There were a total of 315 post-mortem findings; 183 were identified by post-mortem CT and 132 were identified by necropsy. Post-mortem CT demonstrated a higher sensitivity to identify the findings mainly in bones. The higher indices of agreement between post-mortem CT and necropsy were related to abnormalities of pleural space, bones and joints. Conclusions and relevance This study demonstrated that post-mortem CT and necropsy provided different information. Thus, their use in conjunction with each other might improve the understanding of the cause of death and the identification of post-mortem lesions.