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Gran Danés de casi 4 años que toma mucha agua y tiene el calcio ionizado alto: ¿cáncer o paratiroides?
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Hola, quisiera consultar sobre mi perro Bali, un Gran Danés de 3 años y 10 meses. Su único síntoma ha sido tomar mucha agua. Le hicieron análisis de sangre y radiografías, y todo salió normal, incluyendo riñones e hígado, excepto el calcio ionizado, que estaba en 1.91 mmol/L y bajó a 1.85 mmol/L. Bali sigue muy activo, con buen ánimo, apetito normal y sin otros síntomas. Estamos esperando los resultados de las pruebas para descartar linfoma y evaluar las paratiroides. Mi pregunta es: considerando su edad, su buen estado general y sus exámenes normales, ¿qué probabilidades hay de que no sea cáncer, sino un problema de las paratiroides u otra causa benigna? Muchas gracias.
Sorry to hear about your Great Dane. I would say ruling out a cancer is the go to for most vets. There would be an instance with vitamin D toxicity that ionized calcium could be that high. So, unless he ate a lot of vitamin D to cause a large excretion of calcium it is likely tied back to a tumor.
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