Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Recurrent urethral obstruction secondary to idiopathic renal hematuria in a puppy.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
- Year:
- 1998
- Authors:
- Hawthorne, J C et al.
- Affiliation:
- Affiliated Veterinary Specialists · United States
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A seven-month-old neutered male Catahoula leopard dog mix was brought in because he kept having trouble urinating and sometimes had blood in his urine. After surgery to look inside his abdomen and a procedure to open his bladder, the vets found that he had bleeding from his left kidney, which was causing the blockage. They removed the left kidney, and after that, the bleeding stopped. This case is notable because while bleeding from the kidneys has been seen before, it was unusual for it to cause such a severe blockage in this puppy. The treatment was successful, and the puppy's symptoms resolved.
Abstract
A seven-month-old, neutered male Catahoula leopard dog cross was presented for recurrent urethral obstruction and intermittent hematuria. After exploratory laparotomy and ventral cystotomy, unilateral idiopathic renal hematuria was diagnosed based on gross observation of hematuria from the left ureteral catheter. The hematuria resolved after nephrectomy of the left kidney. The histopathological diagnosis was multifocal, acute congestion and intratubular hemorrhage. Although idiopathic renal hematuria has been described previously, this puppy was unique because the hematuria caused recurrent, complete urethral obstruction.
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