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Ferré-Dolcet L, Romagnoli S, Banzato T, Cavicchioli L, Di Maggio R, Cattai A, Berlanda M, Schrank M, Mollo A. Progesterone-responsive vaginal leiomyoma and hyperprogesteronemia due to ovarian luteoma in an older bitch. BMC Vet Res 2020; 16:284. [PMID: 32778114 PMCID: PMC7419209 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02507-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background This is the first report about a vaginal leiomyoma concomitant with an ovarian luteoma in a bitch. Case presentation A 11-year-old intact female Labrador retriever was referred because of anuria, constipation and protrusion of a vaginal mass through the vulvar commissure. The bitch had high serum progesterone concentration (4.94 ng/ml). Because of the possibility of progesterone responsiveness causing further increase of the vaginal mass and since the bitch was a poor surgical candidate a 10 mg/kg aglepristone treatment was started SC on referral day 1. A computerized tomography showed a 12.7 × 6.5 × 8.3 cm mass causing urethral and rectal compression, ureteral dilation and hydronephrosis. A vaginal leiomyoma was diagnosed on histology. As serum progesterone concentration kept increasing despite aglepristone treatment, a 0.02 ng/mL twice daily IM alfaprostol treatment was started on day 18. As neither treatment showed remission of clinical signs or luteolysis, ovariohysterectomy was performed on referral day 35. Multiple corpora lutea were found on both ovaries. On histology a luteoma was diagnosed on the left ovary. P4 levels were undetectable 7 days after surgery. Recovery was uneventful and 12 weeks after surgery tomography showed a reduction of 86.7% of the vaginal mass. The bitch has been in good health and able to urinate without any complication ever since. Conclusions This case demonstrates the importance of identifying progesterone related conditions as well as the importance of judiciously using a combined medical and surgical approach.
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- L Ferré-Dolcet
- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Catarci M, Berlanda M, Grassi GB, Masedu F, Guadagni S. Pancreatic enzyme supplementation after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a randomized controlled trial. Gastric Cancer 2018; 21:542-551. [PMID: 28804801 PMCID: PMC5906500 DOI: 10.1007/s10120-017-0757-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gastrectomy for gastric cancer is a significant cause of secondary exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy may influence nutritional status and quality of life after gastrectomy, but the pertinent clinical research to date remains controversial. A randomized controlled trial to test this hypothesis was carried out. METHODS After gastrectomy, 43 patients with gastric cancer were randomly assigned to a normal diet (Normal-d; n = 21) or to a pancreatic enzyme supplementation diet (PES-d; n = 22) and were followed up during a 12-month period, assessing nutritional status and quality of life through body mass index (BMI), instant nutritional assessment (INA) class status, serum pre-albumin (SPA) values, and GastroiIntestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI). RESULTS BMI was not significantly influenced by the type of diet; INA class status was significantly improved in the PES-d arm, particularly during the first 3 months after gastrectomy; SPA levels increased in both arms at 6 months after gastrectomy, reaching significantly higher values in the PES-d arm at 12 months. GIQLI was not significantly influenced by the type of diet throughout the follow-up period; however, this index significantly improved in the PES-d arm between the first and third month after gastrectomy. CONCLUSIONS PES-d improves nutritional status and quality of life after gastrectomy for gastric cancer, particularly within 3 months from the operation. A larger, multicenter trial is necessary to address the potential influence of several confounding variables such as disease stage and adjuvant treatments.
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- Marco Catarci
- General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Oncology, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy.
- Direttore UOC Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale "C. e G. Mazzoni", AV5-ASUR Marche, Via degli Iris, 63100, Ascoli Piceno, Italy.
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- General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Oncology, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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Poser H, Berlanda M, Monacolli M, Contiero B, Coltro A, Guglielmini C. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease with and without pulmonary hypertension. J Vet Cardiol 2017; 19:228-239. [PMID: 28579307 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) with or without pulmonary hypertension (PH) and to study the correlations with clinical and echocardiographic parameters. ANIMALS The study population included 99 dogs with MMVD and tricuspid regurgitation. METHODS This is a prospective clinical study. All dogs received a transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation, including 2D, M-mode, echo-Doppler, and tissue Doppler measurements. The TAPSE was measured from the left apical four-chamber view and normalized for the effect of body weight (nTAPSE). The dogs were grouped according to the severity of MMVD (American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine guidelines) and presence/absence and severity of PH. Significant differences between TAPSE or nTAPSE and echocardiographic parameters were analyzed among the MMVD and PH severity groups. Correlations between TAPSE or nTAPSE and echocardiographic parameters were calculated. RESULTS Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion or nTAPSE were not significantly different among dogs of the MMVD or PH severity groups. Significant correlations were obtained between TAPSE and body weight, left ventricular and atrial dimensions, early diastolic septal and early diastolic and systolic tricuspid annulus velocity (p<0.001); nTAPSE was significantly correlated with normalized end-diastolic left ventricular dimension and fractional shortening (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The results show that neither TAPSE nor nTAPSE are reduced in dogs with MMVD with or without PH. It remains unclear if the right ventricle function is not reduced or if a reduced right ventricle function is masked by the contraction of the left ventricle through ventricular interdependence.
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- H Poser
- University of Padua, Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, Viale dell'Università, 16, 35020, Legnaro PD, Italy.
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- University of Padua, Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, Viale dell'Università, 16, 35020, Legnaro PD, Italy
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- University of Padua, Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, Viale dell'Università, 16, 35020, Legnaro PD, Italy
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- University of Padua, Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, Viale dell'Università, 16, 35020, Legnaro PD, Italy
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- University of Padua, Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, Viale dell'Università, 16, 35020, Legnaro PD, Italy
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- University of Padua, Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, Viale dell'Università, 16, 35020, Legnaro PD, Italy
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Dotto G, Pasotto D, Poser H, Menandro M, Berlanda M, Falomo M, Mondin A, Martini M. Evaluation of pet animals involved in assisted interventions (AAI) as potential carriers of bacteria resistant to antimicrobials: Preliminary data. Int J Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Mazzotta E, Guglielmini C, Menciotti G, Contiero B, Baron Toaldo M, Berlanda M, Poser H. Red Blood Cell Distribution Width, Hematology, and Serum Biochemistry in Dogs with Echocardiographically Estimated Precapillary and Postcapillary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. J Vet Intern Med 2016; 30:1806-1815. [PMID: 27747929 PMCID: PMC5115192 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.14596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a quantitative measurement of anisocytosis. RDW has prognostic value in humans with different cardiovascular and systemic disorders, but few studies have investigated this biomarker in dogs. Objectives To compare the RDW in dogs with precapillary and postcapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) and a control population of dogs and to correlate RDW with demographic, echocardiographic, and laboratory variables. Animals One hundred and twenty‐seven client‐owned dogs including 19 healthy dogs, 82 dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (50 dogs without PH and 32 dogs with postcapillary PH), and 26 dogs with precapillary PH. Methods Prospective study. Dogs were allocated to groups according to clinical and echocardiographic evaluation. RDW and selected laboratory and echocardiographic variables were compared among dog groups. Associations between RDW and demographic, laboratory, and echocardiographic variables were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis. Results Median RDW in dogs with precapillary PH (13.8%, interquartile range 13.2–14.9%) and postcapillary PH (13.7, 13.2–14.7%) was significantly increased compared to healthy dogs (13.3, 12.3–13.7%; P < .05 for both comparisons), but only dogs with severe PH had significantly increased RDW compared to dogs without PH (P < .05). Peak tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient was significantly associated with increased RDW (rho = 0.263, P = .007). Serum urea concentration, hematocrit, age, and white blood cell number were significantly associated with RDW in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions and Clinical Importance Underlying pathophysiologic processes associated with PH instead of severity of PH are likely responsible for increased RDW in dogs with PH.
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- E Mazzotta
- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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Zatelli A, Roura X, D'Ippolito P, Berlanda M, Zini E. The effect of renal diet in association with enalapril or benazepril on proteinuria in dogs with proteinuric chronic kidney disease. Open Vet J 2016; 6:121-7. [PMID: 27540513 PMCID: PMC4980477 DOI: 10.4314/ovj.v6i2.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Treating proteinuria in dogs reduces the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD); renal diets and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitors are cornerstones of treatment. Whether different ACE-inhibitors have distinct kidney protective effects is unknown; it is therefore hypothesized that renal diets and enalapril or benazepril have different beneficial effects in proteinuric CKD dogs. Forty-four dogs with proteinuric CKD (IRIS stages 1-4) were enrolled in the study and were fed renal diet for 30 days. Thereafter, they were randomly assigned to one of 2 groups. Dogs in group A (n=22) received enalapril (0.5 mg/kg, q12h) and in group B (n=22) benazepril (0.5 mg/kg, q24h); in both groups, dogs were fed the same renal diet. After randomization, dogs were monitored for 120 days. Body weight and body condition score (BCS), serum concentrations of creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), albumin and total proteins, and urine protein-to-creatinine (UPC) ratio were compared at different time-points. After 30 days of renal diet, creatinine, BUN and UPC ratio decreased significantly (p<0.0001). Compared to randomization, body weight, BCS, albumin, total proteins, creatinine and BUN did not vary during follow-up in the 44 dogs and differences between group A and B were not observed. However, the UPC ratio of group A at day 60, 90 and 150 was significantly lower than in group B and compared to randomization (p<0.05). In group B it did not vary overtime. It is concluded that the renal diet is beneficial to decrease creatinine, BUN and UPC ratio in proteinuric CKD dogs. Enalapril further ameliorates proteinuria if administered along with renal diet.
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- A Zatelli
- Medical Consultancy Services, G. Calì Street 60, TBX1424 TàXbiex, Malta
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- Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Consultancy Services, G. Calì Street 60, TBX1424 TàXbiex, Malta
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy; Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy
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de Liguori Carino N, Manzia T, Tariciotti L, Berlanda M, Orlando G, Tisone G. Liver Transplantation in Primary Hepatic Carcinoid Tumor: Case Report and Literature Review. Transplant Proc 2009; 41:1386-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Berlanda M, Di Cocco P, Mazzotta C, Rizza V, D'Angelo M, Bellini M, Scelzo C, Famulari A, Pisani F, Hernandez-Fuentes M, Orlando G. Clinical Operational Tolerance After Kidney Transplantation: A Short Literature Review. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:1847-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Schönsberg A, Briani GF, Orcalli F, Berlanda M, Bassi C, Albrigo R, Ferrari M, Manossi E, Girelli R. [2 cases of enterorrhagia caused by Meckel's diverticulum. Problems of diagnosis and therapy]. Chir Ital 1983; 35:972-981. [PMID: 6151876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The authors study two cases of enterorrhage due to Meckel's diverticulum. They particularly emphasize the importance of two instrumental inspections: enema and abdominal scintigraphy with 99mTcO4, in the diagnostics of this malformative pathology, and the treatment with H2-blocking substances with the purpose to stop hemorrhage, circumstantiate the diagnostic suspicion, and operate electively.
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