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G Loupal

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Cytogenetic characterization of a fibroma and three haemangiopericytomas in domestic dogs.

Cytogenetic evaluation of tumour cells taken from an 11-year-old mixed breed birth with a fibroma, showed trisomy 1 (2n = 79) and often the presence of a third copy of chromosome 4. In a 13-year-old mixed breed Boxer bitch with a haemangiopericytoma, trisomy 9 (2n = 79) was present. In contrast, another haemangiopericytoma (in a 15-year-old rough-haired Dachshund bitch) showed a deleted chromosome 1, several centric fusions and trisomy 2. Trisomy 2 and trisomy 29 were detected in a third haemangiopericytoma from an 11-year-old rough-haired Dachshund bitch.

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Mutations in tumour suppressor gene p53 in two feline fibrosarcomas.

Exons 5-7 of the tumour suppressor gene p53 were investigated in genomic DNA of tumours of domestic cats. In one fibrosarcoma investigated we observed a mutation GAG-->AAG (glutamic acid-->lysine) in codon 180; in another there was a mutation CGG-->TGG (arginine-->tryptophane) in codon 248.

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Ultrasonographic evaluation of gallbladder wall thickness in cats.

Ultrasonography of the gallbladder and biliary tract was performed on 42 cats: 22 clinically healthy cats (group A) and 20 cats with hepatobiliary disease and post mortem confirmation of gallbladder abnormalities (group B). The gallbladder wall was visible in 9 of 22 cats in group A and all 20 cats in group B. Additional gallbladder findings in group B included shape anomalies, biliary tract obstruction, wall thickening, polyps, neoplasia, and biliary sludge. Ultrasonographic evaluation of abdominal organs identified pancreatic disease as the predominant pathological cause of extrahepatic biliary obstruction. Hepatic parenchymal involvement was noted with inflammation and thickening of the gallbladder wall. Histologically, gallbladder walls were characterized by mucous gland hyperplasia, inflammation, infiltration, edema, epithelial detachment, and/or neoplasia. Ultrasonographic and histologic gallbladder wall measurements of 20 cats in group B agreed within 0.4 mm and all cats with a gallbladder wall thickness > or =1.0 mm had histopathologic abnormalities of the wall. Serum biochemical analysis revealed elevations of one or more parameters in all cats of group B, but was non-specific for a gallbladder lesion. The results of this study indicate that a visible, echogenic gallbladder wall can be considered a normal variant and is not always associated with hepatobiliary disease. Ultrasonography is accurate in measuring gallbladder wall thickness. Wall thickness greater than 1 mm is accurate in predicting gallbladder disease in cats, while a thickness less than 1 mm cannot rule out mild or chronic inflammation.

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