Lymphocytic adrenal medullitis and lymphocytic thyroiditis in a laboratorybeagle dog

[摘要] Lymphocytic adrenal medullitis characterized by inflammation and atrophy in the medullaof the bilateral adrenal glands was observed in an 18-month-old male laboratory beagledog. It might be that the present lymphocytic adrenal medullitis is an autoimmune-mediateddisease as the histological characteristics are consistent with an autoimmunepathogenesis. However, the actual cause remains unclear as the existence of serumautoantibodies against the adrenal medulla could not be confirmed. Although this dog alsocontracted lymphocytic thyroiditis along with serum thyroglobulin autoantibodies,indicating that the thyroiditis occurred with an autoimmune basis; the relation betweenthe adrenal medullitis and thyroiditis is unknown.

[学科分类] 兽医学

[关键词] autoantibody;beagle dog;lymphocytic adrenal medullitis;lymphocytic thyroiditis