Trabecular Bone Morphometry in Beagles with Hyperadrenocorticism and Adrenal Adenomas

  • R. W. Norrdin
    Department of Pathology and Collaborative Radiological Health Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, CO
  • T. R. Carpenter
    Department of Pathology and Collaborative Radiological Health Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, CO
  • B. F. Hamilton
    Department of Pathology and Collaborative Radiological Health Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, CO
  • R. D. Brewster
    Department of Pathology and Collaborative Radiological Health Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, CO

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<jats:p>Trabecular bone morphometry was done on rib samples of beagles with hyperadrenocorticism and adrenal adenomas to evaluate bone loss and the remodeling changes responsible. Beagles diagnosed as having clinical hyperadrenocorticism and those with milder or subclinical hyperadrenocorticism diagnosed on the basis of adrenal and pituitary lesions at necropsy had increased adrenal and pituitary gland weights. In a group of dogs with adrenal cortical adenomas there was atrophy of remaining cortex, and the combined weight of adrenal glands or pituitary weights were not increased. In dogs with clinical hyperadrenocorticism, mean trabecular bone volume was 25% less than controls ( P = 0.10). In both clinical and subclinical hyperadrenocorticism groups, the extent of trabecular surface with unmineralized osteoid matrix and osteoblasts was significantly reduced. There were no changes in resorption surfaces or number of osteoclasts present. No bone changes were seen in dogs with adrenal adenomas. In dogs with hyperadrenocorticism it appeared that decreased bone formation was primarily responsible for the relative osteopenia that developed. Although parathyroid glands were moderately enlarged in those dogs for which weights were available, the bone changes were not those of increased remodeling expected in hyperparathyroidism.</jats:p>

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