Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Kidney tumor causing drinking and peeing a lot in young female dog
By Kiefer, Ingmar et al.·Published in Tierarztliche Praxis. Ausgabe K, Kleintiere/Heimtiere·2018·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: [Nephroblastoma in a 2-year-old female dog].
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old female Boxer was brought to the vet because she was drinking a lot of water, urinating frequently, and eating less than usual. The vet found that her abdomen was painful and an ultrasound showed a mass on her left kidney that was pushing on other organs. A biopsy confirmed the mass was a nephroblastoma, a type of kidney tumor. Unfortunately, the dog was not treated, and the report details her condition over the next five months without intervention.
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Abstract
An intact female 2-year-old boxer presented with polydipsia, polyuria, and decreased feed intake. Palpation of the abdomen was painful. Sonography revealed an abdominal mass of the left kidney causing displacement of the organs located in the cranial and mid-abdomen. Dimen sion and invasiveness of the process were evaluated both by contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Histopathological examination of a biopsy sample revealed a nephroblastoma. The case report describes the clinical, sonographic, and computed tomographic results and the outcome in the untreated dog over a period of 5 months.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30149409/