Elevated parathyroid hormone-related protein and hypercalcemia in two dogs with schistosomiasis. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Two adult dogs were evaluated for hypercalcemia. Diagnostic evaluation identified elevated parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and presumptive humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. At necropsy, schistosomiasis was diagnosed. North American schistosomiasis is caused by Heterobilharzia americana. Clinical findings may include dermatitis, coughing, diarrhea, and anorexia. Clinicopathological findings may include hypercalcemia, hyperglobulinemia, hypoalbuminemia, anemia, and eosinophilia. Diagnosis by fecal examination is difficult. Praziquantel or fenbendazole treatment may be curative or palliative. These are the first reported cases of hypercalcemia with elevated PTHrP in animals without diagnosed malignancy. Elevation of PTHrP has not been previously reported in hypercalcemic humans or in animals with granulomatous inflammation.

published proceedings

  • J Am Anim Hosp Assoc

author list (cited authors)

  • Fradkin, J. M., Braniecki, A. M., Craig, T. M., Ramiro-Ibanez, F., Rogers, K. S., & Zoran, D. L

citation count

  • 38

complete list of authors

  • Fradkin, JM||Braniecki, AM||Craig, TM||Ramiro-Ibanez, F||Rogers, KS||Zoran, DL

publication date

  • July 2001