Thoracic and abdominal diagnostic imaging findings in dogs diagnosed with immune-mediated polyarthritis: 71 cases (2011-2023).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe thoracic and abdominal imaging findings in dogs with immune-mediated polyarthritis and to evaluate their impact on the decision to commence immunosuppressive therapy.

Materials and methods

Retrospective case series describing imaging findings in dogs with immune-mediated polyarthritis across modalities, including thoracic radiographs, abdominal ultrasound, computed tomography, and where available, echocardiography. Additionally, two internal medicine clinicians reviewed the signalment, clinical signs, clinicopathological findings and diagnostic imaging results on two separate occasions, reaching a consensus for each dog on whether immunosuppression would be their treatment of choice or whether their recommendations would be altered by the results of di

SUBMITTER: Atkinson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12000706 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature