Elastography of the Intestinal Mucosa of Dogs With Chronic Inflammatory Enteropathy
Iago Martins Oliveira, Rafaela Rodrigues Ribeiro, Maria Eduarda Cardoso Cysneiros, Vanessa Rezende Moraes, Lucas Rodrigues Ferreira, Wanessa Patrícia Rodrigues Da Silva, Murilo Rodrigues De Souza, Rafael Antônio Lopes Xavier, Marco Augusto Machado Silva, Naida Cristina Borges, Lipi Buch · 2026
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Oliveira and colleagues tested in 2026 ultrasound elastography, a scan that measures tissue stiffness, in dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathy, a long-running gut inflammation. Twelve dogs took part, six sick and six healthy. The team measured strain ratios, a stiffness index, in two gut segments and set them against lab, clinical, ultrasound, scope, and tissue findings.
Oliveira found sick dogs had far stiffer gut walls than healthy dogs in both the duodenum and the jejunum, with clear statistical gaps. Stiffness did not track the dogs' weight or age. Most clinical and lab links were weak, but one stood out: higher jejunal stiffness came with lower blood albumin, a protein that falls in gut disease. Scope and tissue exams showed varied lesions with no tie to stiffness. The authors call the scan viable for these dogs while urging larger studies before reading stiffness as scarring.
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| CREATOR | Iago Martins Oliveira, Rafaela Rodrigues Ribeiro, Maria Eduarda Cardoso Cysneiros, Vanessa Rezende Moraes, Lucas Rodrigues Ferreira, Wanessa Patrícia Rodrigues Da Silva, Murilo Rodrigues De Souza, Rafael Antônio Lopes Xavier, Marco Augusto Machado Silva, Naida Cristina Borges, Lipi Buch |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |