Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University Veterinary Research Forum 2008-8140 15 4 2024 03 09 Generalized megaesophagus associated with Schmidt-like syndrome in a dog 215 218 711827 10.30466/vrf.2024.2011964.4014 EN Reza Azargoun Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran 0000-0002-5442-5552 Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-Asl Department of Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran 0000-0003-3909-2144 Siamak Asri-Rezaei Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran 0000-0002-3981-3290 Journal Article 2023 09 20 A 2-year-old intact male Asian Shepherd dog was referred with a history of chronic regurgitation along with normal appetite and diagnosis of megaesophagus on plain radiography. Clinical examination revealed normothermia, normocardia, normopnea, low body condition score and poor hair coat. The most important laboratory findings include anemia, azotemia, hyperlipidemia, increased thyroid stimulating hormone, decreased thyroxine and hypocortisolemia, as well as a marked increase in acetylcholine receptor antibody concentration. Based on the results, in addition to primary hypothyroidism and primary hypoadrenocorticism, myasthenia gravis was also diagnosed as an underlying cause of megaesophagus. Following nursing care and preferred treatment of each disease, the megaesophagus was resolved in the next visit. This clinical report describes for the first time, to the authors' knowledge, a dog with a rare type of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) known in human medicine as a Schmidt's syndrome. We want to emphasize the importance of clinicians’ awareness regarding the possibility of APS to identify different diseases caused by it in order to achieve successful treatment. https://vrf.iranjournals.ir/article_711827_bdcd237cc2faa65e76ab28506153d67b.pdf