Table 3.
Results of the blood endocrinology results performed at Department of Pituitary Surgery, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
| Unit | Day 9 (First visit) |
Day 51 (Pre-TSS) |
Day 58 (Post-TSS 6 days) |
Day 64 (Post-TSS 12 days) |
Day 104 (Post-TSS 52 days) |
Day 240 (Post-TSS 188 days) |
Reference range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRH test | ||||||||
| Endogenous ACTH | pg/dL | 30.1 | 28.5 | 13.1 | 12.8 | < 0.1 | 7.4 | 5.0–36.0 |
| Post-stimulation ACTH | pg/dL | 564.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.9–153.4a |
| ACTH stimulation test | ||||||||
| Endogenous cortisol | 1.23 | – | 0.78 | 0.10 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | 1.0–7.8 | |
| Post-stimulation cortisol | μg/dL | – | – | – | 7.65 | – | – | 5.0–20.0 |
| T4 | μg/dL | 1.95 | – | < 0.50 | 0.55 | 4.37 | 1.21 | 1.1–3.6 |
| FT4 | ng/dL | 1.23 | – | < 0.30 | 0.43 | 4.02 | 0.77 | 0.50–3.00 |
| TSH | ng/dL | 0.20 | – | 0.04 | – | < 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.08–0.32 |
TSS Trans-sphenoidal surgery, CRH Corticotropin-releasing hormone, ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone, T4 Thyroid hormone, FT4 Free thyroxine hormone, TSH Thyroid-stimulating hormone
a Normal dog data obtained from Tanaka et al. [14]