LHASA APSO

Cardiovascular conditions

Endocardiosis

• Also known as chronic valvular disease

Dermatological conditions

Atopy

Food hypersensitivity

Congenital hypotrichosis

Drug reactions

Glucocorticoids

• Subcutaneous injections in this breed may cause local areas of alopecia

Gastrointestinal conditions

Pyloric stenosis (antral pyloric hypertrophy syndrome)

• Breed predisposition to adult-onset pyloric hypertrophy syndrome

Neoplastic conditions

Sebaceous gland tumours

• Possible breed predisposition to sebaceous epithelioma

Keratoacanthoma

• This breed is predisposed to the solitary form of the disease

Perianal (hepatoid) gland adenomas

• Breed predisposition suggested in one survey of 2700 cases

Neurological conditions

Hydrocephalus

• Congenital
• Relatively common

Lissencephaly

Intervertebral disc disease

• Breed predisposition

Ocular conditions

Entropion (usually lower lids)

• Breed predisposition; polygenic inheritance likely

Distichiasis

• Breed predisposition

Ectopic cilia

• Breed predisposition

Caruncular trichiasis

• Breed predisposition

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca

• Breed predisposition

Prolapse of the gland of the nictitating membrane

• Breed predisposition; possibly inherited

Pigmentary keratitis

• Breed predisposition

Refractory corneal ulceration

• Breed predisposition

Corneal dystrophy

Cataract

• Inheritance suspected

Vitreous syneresis

• Breed predisposition

Generalised progressive retinal atrophy (GPRA)

• Autosomal recessive inheritance suspected

Renal and urinary conditions

Familial renal disease (renal dysplasia)

• Mode of inheritance unknown

Renal glucosuria

• May be seen with familial renal disease

Calcium oxalate urolithiasis

• Higher incidence has been noted in this breed

Struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate) urolithiasis

• Higher incidence has been noted in this breed

Silica urolithiasis

• Higher incidence has been noted in this breed in some surveys

Respiratory conditions

Tracheal collapse