Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with kidney glomerular fibrosis causing advanced renal failure
By Nakamura, S et al.·Published in Veterinary pathology·1996·Department of Veterinary Pathology, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Renal glomerular fibrosis in a cat.
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- cat
Plain-English summary
A 1-year-old spayed female Japanese domestic cat was diagnosed with severe kidney failure, which is a serious condition that can lead to life-threatening complications. The vet found signs of kidney damage, including abnormal tissue buildup in the kidney's filtering units. This condition is similar to a type of kidney disease seen in humans. Unfortunately, the abstract does not provide information on the treatment or outcome for this cat.
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Abstract
Renal glomerular fibrosis was observed in a 1-year-old spayed female Japanese domestic cat that showed clinically advanced renal failure. In the glomeruli, increased homogeneous materials were stained strongly with aniline blue by Masson's trichrome and positive for anti-type III collagen antibody by immunohistochemical staining, causing mesangial sclerosis and capillary collapse. By electron microscopy, randomly arranged fibrils were observed in the expanded subendothelial and mesangial areas, and the fibrils showed periodicity characteristic of collagen fibers in longitudinal sections. These findings of glomerular lesions closely resemble those of human "collagenofibrotic glomerulonephropathy," which has recently been described as a new type of glomerulonephropathy.
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