Marine Traverson, Junxian Zheng, Giovanni Tremolada, Carolyn L Chen, Megan Cray, William T N Culp, Erin A Gibson, Michelle L Oblak, Vanna M Dickerson, Daniel J Lopez, Elizabeth A Maxwell, Pierre Ansellem, Owen T Skinner, Laura E Selmic
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a retrospective multi-institutional study reporting short- and long-term outcomes of adrenalectomy in patients presenting with acute hemorrhage secondary to spontaneous adrenal rupture. ANIMALS: 59 dogs and 3 cats. METHODS: Medical records of dogs and cats undergoing adrenalectomy between 2000 and 2021 for ruptured adrenal masses were reviewed. Data collected included clinical presentation, preoperative diagnostics, surgical report, anesthesia and hospitalization findings, histopathology, adjuvant treatments, and long-term outcome (recurrence, metastasis, and survival)...
September 21, 2023: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association