Feline dystrophin-deficient muscular dystrophy misdiagnosed as

Rachel M Reynolds, Stanley L Marks, Ling T Guo, G Diane Shelton, Karina J Graham

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Lower esophageal sphincter achalasia-like syndrome causing megaesophagus in a cat.JFMS open reports
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Rachel M ReynoldsVeterinary Specialists of Sydney, Miranda, NSW, Australia.

Stanley L MarksSchool of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7991-702X

Ling T GuoDepartment of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.

G Diane SheltonDepartment of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.

Karina J GrahamVeterinary Specialists of Sydney, Miranda, NSW, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Case summary: A 6-month-old male entire domestic shorthair cat presented for presumptive Relevance and novel information: This case report highlights the collective clinical features of MD, as they could be considered pathognomonic for this rare condition and must be differentiated from other myopathies via specific immunostaining of muscle biopsies. This is crucial to obtain a correct and early diagnosis, allowing instigation of potentially valuable treatments. Megaoesophagus is an inconsistent feature in feline MD in addition to the more commonly observed oropharyngeal dysphagia. Management with a canned diet, sildenafil, omeprazole and upright feeding was beneficial with moderate improvement in the frequency of regurgitation. Prednisolone was thought to minimise the presumptive myalgia.

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calcinosis circumscriptadystrophin deficienthyperCKaemialingual hypertrophymacroglossiaMegaoesophagusmuscular dystrophymuscular hypertrophyoropharyngeal dysphagia

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PMID39099732

DOI10.1177/20551169241254227

PMCPMC11297512

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