Publications by authors named "Nicola Ottolini"
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- Two cats aged 1-2 years presented with symptoms like paraparesis, back pain, and urinary retention due to spinal cord compression at T4 and T8, confirmed by CT and MRI.
- Surgical interventions, including hemilaminectomy and partial corpectomy, were performed to relieve the compression, with histopathological analysis indicating vertebral angiomatosis.
- Both cats initially worsened but eventually regained normal movement and urinary function, showing no recurrence after more than a year of follow-up.
In the current study, the quantification of C-reactive protein (CRP) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of dogs using an adapted time-resolved immunofluorimetric assay (TR-IFMA) was investigated, as well as whether the assay could be used to detect the range of CRP concentrations found in different clinical situations. Intra- and interassay coefficients of variation were below 15% in all cases. The TR-IFMA measured the CRP values in a proportional and linear manner (r = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Oil Red O, a stain commonly used to demonstrate lipid in frozen tissue, also may be used to stain air-dried cytologic specimens.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the value of Oil Red O in identifying lipid to aid in the differentiation of liposarcomas from other types of sarcoma.
Methods: Twelve tumor specimens from dogs were evaluated.