Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Gas-filled prostate infection and cancer in a dog
By Rohleder, Jacob J & Jones, Jeryl C·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2002·Metropolitan Animal Hospital, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Emphysematous prostatitis and carcinoma in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old male beagle was brought to the vet because he was lethargic, not eating, and having trouble urinating. The vet found a gas-filled mass in his abdomen, which turned out to be a prostatic abscess (an infection in the prostate) that needed to be drained. Unfortunately, tests showed that the dog also had a type of prostate cancer. This case highlights a rare condition called emphysematous prostatitis, where gas forms in the prostate due to infection.
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Abstract
A 10-year-old, male beagle was presented for lethargy, anorexia, and straining to urinate. A mass was palpated in the caudal abdomen in the area of the bladder. Abdominal radiography revealed a gas-filled mass in the caudoventral abdominal quadrant. Subsequent positive-contrast cystography revealed that the mass was caudal to the bladder. Abdominal exploratory celiotomy resulted in the drainage of a prostatic abscess containing gas. The histopathological diagnosis of the prostate was a poorly differentiated tubular carcinoma with necrosis. To the authors' knowledge, this article is the first report of an emphysematous prostatitis in a dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12220033/