Frequency of low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) response patterns and their correlation with clinicopathologic signs in dogs suspected of having Cushing's syndrome: A retrospective study.
Res Vet Sci
; 175: 105318, 2024 Aug.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38851053
ABSTRACT
A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the frequency of low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) patterns in canine patients that had clinicopathologic signs consistent with Cushing's syndrome (CS). Medical records for patients of interest (N = 128) were reviewed between January 2014 and December 2020 to analyse and classify LDDST results based upon the following patterns lack of suppression, partial suppression, complete suppression, escape, or inverse. Complete suppression, lack of suppression, partial suppression, escape, and inverse patterns were identified in 39.1%, 31.2%, 14.1%, 10.1% and 5.5% of cases respectively. LDDST results were also evaluated with respect to clinical signs, serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, urine specific gravity (USG) and adrenal ultrasonographic findings. There was no association between LDDST patterns and clinical signs (p = 0.11), increased ALP (p = 0.32), USG (p = 0.33) or adrenal ultrasonographic findings (p = 0.19). In all dogs that demonstrated complete suppression or an inverse pattern, CS was excluded by the attending clinician. The diagnosis of CS was also excluded without further exploration in 23.1%, 7.5% and 5.6% of dogs that demonstrated an escape pattern, lack of suppression and partial suppression pattern, respectively. These results suggest that the clinical significance of LDDST patterns, particularly escape and inverse patterns, are misunderstood by some clinicians, leading them to prematurely exclude the diagnosis of CS.
Palabras clave
Texto completo:
1
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dexametasona
/
Síndrome de Cushing
/
Enfermedades de los Perros
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Res Vet Sci
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Portugal