Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Feline Cholangiohepatitis

Inflammatory Liver Diseases in Cats

Inflammatory liver diseases comprise the second most common cause of liver disease in cats. The two major forms of inflammatory liver disease described in North America are cholangiohepatitis (acute and chronic forms) and lymphocytic portal hepatitis. Signalment, clinical signs, clinical laboratory data, and ultrasonography can be used to establish a presumptive diagnosis of inflammatory liver ...

Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Feline Stomatits

Management of urticaria: update of Iranian Society of Dermatology clinical practice guideline

Urticaria is a common and challenging skin disorder. Diagnosis and treatment of urticaria is not limited to the field of dermatology. General physicians, allergologists and clinical immunologists are also commonly involved in the management of patients with urticaria. Iranian Society of Dermatology developed a clinical practice guideline concerning diagnosis and treatment of urticaria that was ...

Skin fragility syndrome in a cat with cholangiohepatitis and hepatic lipidosis.

A case of acquired skin fragility syndrome associated with hepatic disease in a 9-year-old, spayed female, domestic shorthair cat is described. The cat was admitted to the veterinary hospital of the University of São Paulo (Brazil) with a 6-week history of vomiting, inappetence and weight loss. Remarkable signs were weakness, lethargy and profound jaundice that had been present for 10 days acco...

A Retrospective Histopathological Survey on Canine and Feline Liver Diseases at the University of Tokyo between 2006 and 2012

To determine the incidence of hepatic diseases in dogs and cats in Japan, a retrospective study was performed using data of 463 canine and 71 feline liver biopsies at the Veterinary Medical Center of the University of Tokyo. The most common canine hepatic disease was microvascular dysplasia (MVD) and occupied 29.4% of all diagnoses. This terminology might contain "real" MVD and primary portal v...