Suspected multiple autoimmune syndrome in a Kelpie with hypoadrenocorticism

Abstract

An 8‐year‐old, female, spayed Kelpie cross presented with hyporexia, pica, vomiting, collapse and seizures. It was diagnosed with eunatraemic, eukalaemic hypoadrenocorticism, immune‐mediated anaemia and immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia, possibly representing an example of multiple autoimmune syndrome type 3. All abnormalities resolved and the patient was alive nearly 3 years later, maintained on physiological doses of prednisolone. This case serves as a reminder of the variable presentations of eunatraemic, eukalaemic hypoadrenocorticism and the potential for concurrent immune‐mediated disease.