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Julie Allen, BVMS, MS, MRCVS, DACVIM (SAIM), DACVP Cornell University

FOR MORE Following are differential Find more Differential Diagnosis lists in diagnoses, listed in upcoming issues of order of likelihood, for Clinician’s Brief and on patients presented with cliniciansbrief.com hypocholesterolemia. h Panting h Hypercholesterolemia h Hypoalbuminemia h Severe icterus (false decrease) References h Neutropenia h Protein-losing enteropathy (eg, Center SA, Magne ML. Historical, physical h Decreased Total examination, and clinicopathologic lymphangiectasia, inflammatory features of portosystemic vascular Thyroxine Semin Vet bowel disease, lymphoma, anomalies in the dog and cat. h Increased Total Med Surg (Small Anim). 1990;5(2):83-93. Thyroxine infectious agents such as Moore PF. A review of histiocytic diseases of dogs and cats. Vet Pathol. h Hypoglycemia Heterobilharzia americana) 2014;51(1):167-184. h Epistaxis h Liver disease such as Pirro M, Ricciuti B, Rader DJ, et al. High density lipoprotein cholesterol and h Regurgitation portosystemic shunt, ductal cancer: marker or causative? Prog Lipid plate malformation, or liver Res. 2018;71:54-69. Simmerson SM, Armstrong PJ, failure (eg, secondary to toxins Wünschmann A, et al. Clinical features, such as Sago palm) intestinal histopathology, and outcome in protein-losing enteropathy in h Hypoadrenocorticism Yorkshire Terrier dogs. J Vet Intern Med. h Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency 2014;28(2):331-337. Soare T, Noble PJ, Hetzel U, Fonfara S, h Hemophagocytic syndrome; Kipar A. Paraneoplastic syndrome in can be seen in association with haemophagocytic histiocytic sarcoma in a dog. J Comp Pathol. 2012;146(2- a variety of infectious and 3):168-174. noninfectious diseases, including Suwa A, Shimoda T. Lymphoma-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in six dogs. immune-mediated diseases and J Vet Med Sci. 2018;80(8):1271-1276. certain tumors (due to decreased Wakayama JA, Furrow E, Merkel LK, Armstrong PJ. A retrospective study of synthesis and/or increased dogs with atypical hypoadrenocorticism: a diagnostic cut-off or continuum? catabolism secondary to J Small Anim Pract. 2017;58(7):365-371. inflammatory cytokines) Westermarck E, Wiberg M. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in dogs. h  Histiocytic sarcoma (dogs) Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. h Multiple myeloma (cats) 2003;33(5):1165-1179. h Acute myeloid leukemia h Lymphoma n

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