Cetacean "gas-bubble thromboembolic polycystic liver disease": "Budd-Chiari-like syndrome" in dolphins?
A. Fernandez, P. D. Jepson, J. Diaz Delgado, Y. Bernaldo de Quiros, E. Sierra, B. Mompeo, A. I. Vela, G. Di Guardo, C. Suarez-Santana, A. Espinosa de los Monteros, P. Herraez, M. Andrada, M. J. Caballero, M. Rivero, F. Consoli, , M. Arbelo
The paper reinterprets cystic liver lesions in cetaceans as Budd-Chiari-like syndrome caused by gas bubbles and pre-existing vascular disorders, not acoustic trauma.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2022 · PreprintPathology