Evaluation of facial paralysis with electromyography (EMG) associated with hypothyroidism in a dog

Authors

BANU DOKUZEYLÜL
EBRU ERAVCI
ALPER DEMİRUTKU
YALÇIN DEVECİOĞLU
MEHMET ERMAN OR

DOI

10.3906/vet-1204-32

Abstract

A 7-year-old male American Cocker was referred to İstanbul University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Surgery Policlinics with imbalance, flabbiness in the left cheek muscles, increased salivation, alopecia, and hyperpigmentation. Complete blood count, blood biochemistry, and thyroid profile were recorded. Hypothyroidism and hypercholesterolemia were detected. Levothyroxine was applied orally. With regular drug therapy, thyroid hormones levels returned to normal ranges. The facial paralysis also disappeared completely, and the skin problems healed. This was the first patient with facial paralysis that originated from hypothyroidism and was diagnosed with clinical findings, laboratory methods, and electromyography in Turkey.

Keywords

Hypothyroidism, facial paralysis, electromyography, dog

First Page

250

Last Page

254

Recommended Citation

DOKUZEYLÜL, BANU; ERAVCI, EBRU; DEMİRUTKU, ALPER; DEVECİOĞLU, YALÇIN; and OR, MEHMET ERMAN (2013) "Evaluation of facial paralysis with electromyography (EMG) associated with hypothyroidism in a dog," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 37: No. 2, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1204-32
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol37/iss2/23