DIABETES-MELLITUS ASSOCIATED WITH PANCREATIC ENDOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY IN A KITTEN

Citation
Mv. Root et al., DIABETES-MELLITUS ASSOCIATED WITH PANCREATIC ENDOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY IN A KITTEN, Journal of Small Animal Practice, 36(9), 1995, pp. 416-420
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
ISSN journal
00224510
Volume
36
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
416 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4510(1995)36:9<416:DAWPEI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus, characterised by persistent hyperglycaemia and gluc osuria, was diagnosed in a six-week-old kitten. Pancreatic sections co ntained low numbers of atypically small islets and immunohistochemistr y demonstrated pancreatic endocrine insufficiency with virtually no pr oduction of any islet hormones. There was no inflammatory infiltration of the islets, as seen in the form of diabetes mellitus characteristi c of juvenile humans.