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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
The adrenal glands of twenty-six, 12- to 53-month-old, ferrets without clinical signs of adrenal disease were examined and measured by ultrasonography and the findings compared with those from gross examination and histopathology. Of 51 adrenal glands examined, 27 were normal, 23 had either nodular or diffuse cortical hyperplasia and 1 had an adenocarcinoma. There was no statistically significant difference between the sonographic nor gross size of normal adrenal glands and those with hyperplasia. Moderate correlation was found between gross and sonographic measurements of length for both right (r = 0.783; p < 0.0001) and left (r = 0.609; p < 0.001) and width (p < 0.02). In female ferrets, the length, width, and depth of the right adrenal gland sonographically measured (mean +/- sd) 7.5 +/- 1.2 mm, 3.7 +/- 0.6 mm, 2.8 +/- 0.4 mm, respectively, and the left measured 7.4 +/- 1.0 mm, 3.7 +/- 0.4 mm, 2.8 +/- 0.4 mm; in males, the right adrenal measured 8.9 +/- 1.6 mm, 3.8 +/- 0.6 mm, 3.0 +/- 0.8 mm and the left measured 8.6 +/- 1.2 mm, 4.2 +/- 0.6 mm, 3.0 +/- 0.6 mm. Accessory adrenal tissue was not identified during the sonographic examination but was grossly found in 10 of the ferrets. It was associated with either the right, left or both adrenal glands.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1058-8183
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Adrenal ultrasonography correlated with histopathology in ferrets.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study