15 research outputs found
Composite image to demonstrate a pituitary mass typical of cats with acromegaly.
<p>Transverse (left) and saggital (middle) CT images showing a contrast enhancing pituitary mass (>4mm height) in a cat with acromegaly. Without treatment, the cat was euthanised some months later and post-mortem examination demonstrated the large pituitary mass (right). Histopathology was consistent with an acidophil adenoma.</p
Population characteristics of cats whose myocardial tissue was analysed in the histopathologic study.
<p><i>HCM</i>, <i>hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; HW</i>, <i>heart weight; BW</i>, <i>body weight; RVFW</i>, <i>right ventricular free wall thickness; IVS</i>, <i>interventricular septal thickness; LVFW</i>, <i>left ventricular wall thickness</i>.</p
Population characteristics of cats enrolled in the echocardiographic study.
<p>Normally distributed data are represented mean (±standard deviation) and compared using a one-way ANOVA. Non-normally distributed data are represented median (range) and compared using a Kruskal-Wallis test. Categorical variables are represented as percentages and compared using a Chi squared test.</p
Box and whisker plot to illustrate the difference in maximum left ventricular (LV) wall thickness between the three groups of cats at enrolment.
<p>DM, diabetes mellitus; HS, hypersomatotropism.</p
Echocardiographic and plasma IGF-1 measurements before and after treatment of acromegaly.
<p>Echocardiographic and plasma IGF-1 measurements before and after treatment of acromegaly.</p
Echocardiographic measurements of all cats enrolled in the study.
<p>Normally distributed data are represented mean (±standard deviation) and compared using a one-way ANOVA. Non-normally distributed data are represented median (range) and compared using a Kruskal-Wallis test. Categorical variables are represented as percentages and compared using a Chi squared test.</p
Box plot to show the proportion of cats affected by myocardial inflammatory cell infiltrate in each group.
<p>Box plot to show the proportion of cats affected by myocardial inflammatory cell infiltrate in each group.</p
Box and whisker plots to illustrate the difference in left atrial size between groups at enrolment.
<p>DM, diabetes mellitus; HS, hypersomatotropism.</p
Paws of an overtly acromegalic cat.
<p>This figure shows a cat with confirmed acromegaly demonstrating so-called clubbed paws; enlargement of the paws due to acromegaly.</p
Example of prognathia inferior.
<p>This figure shows a cat with confirmed acromegaly demonstrating prognathia inferior (a), including a sagittal CT view of the cat’s head illustrating this conformational change further (b).</p