Características e medidas ultrassonográficas do pâncreas de cães e gatos filhotes

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Ivan Felismino Charas dos [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Mamprim, Maria Jaqueline [UNESP], Sartor, Raquel [UNESP], Rahal, Sheila Canavesse [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://www.fmvz.unesp.br/rvz/index.php/rvz/article/view/817; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/140411
• topic: Ultrasonography; Abdomen; Pancreatitis; Small animals; Pancreatic duct; Ultrassonografia; Abdomen; Pancreatitis; Animales pequeños; Ducto pancreático; Ultrassonografia; Abdômen; Pancreatite; Pequenos animais; Ducto pancreático

The diagnosis of pancreatitis is a challenge in veterinary medicine because there are no pathognomonic clinical signs, and the diagnostic in dogs and cats is an incidental finding during necropsy. The ultrasonography is an imaging technique which visualize the pancreas changes safely and noninvasively. The aim of the study was to analyze and compare the ultrasonographic characteristics and dimensions of the pancreas in health puppies and kittens, establishing standards of normality and references. Fifteen healthy puppies with mean weight of 3 kg and fifteen healthy kittens with mean weight of 2 kg, with age between five and six months, cross breed, were included in the study. All animals were submitted to ultrasound exam of pancreas for visualization of their internal characteristics. In both groups, the pancreas was visualized. In puppies and kittens were observed the body and the both pancreatic lobes. The pancreas was visualized as a linear structure with homogeneous hypoechoic echotexture and defined margins. The right pancreatic lobe was visualized slight hyperechoic relative to the liver caudate lobe, while the left pancreatic lobe and pancreatic body were observed hypoechoic in relation to the spleen, isoechoic in relation to the liver parenchyma and hypoechoic in relation to the mesenteric fat. The puppies and kittens pancreatic body measured 4.2 mm ± 0.10 mm and 4.1 mm ± 0.09 mm, respectively. The puppy’s pancreatic lobes right and left measured 5.4 mm ± 0.20 mm (sagittal), 5.4 mm ± 0.10 mm (transversal), and 4.4 mm, respectively. In kittens was measured 2.7 mm ± 0.01 mm (sagittal and transversal), and 3.6 mm ± 0.02 mm, respectively. The puppies’ body and pancreatic lobes was observed bigger than the kittens. The study provided reference values of body and pancreatic lobes for healthy puppies and kittens with age between 5 and 6 months.