Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with missing uterine horn segment and no right kidney
By Chang, Jinhwa et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2008·Department of Veterinary Radiology, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Segmental aplasia of the uterine horn with ipsilateral renal agenesis in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 9-month-old domestic short-haired cat was brought to the vet because she was vomiting, seemed depressed, and was shivering. An ultrasound showed that her right uterine horn was enlarged and filled with fluid, while her right kidney was missing. The vet performed a spay surgery to remove the affected uterine horn and discovered that part of it was absent, along with the right kidney and ureter. After surgery, the cat was diagnosed with a rare condition called segmental aplasia of the uterine horn with missing kidney.
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Abstract
A nine-month-old domestic short haired cat was admitted with the history of acute vomiting, depression and shivering. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed minimum enlargement of the right uterine horn filled with anechoic fluid. On excretory urography, functionally and anatomically normal, enlarged left kidney was found, but right kidney was absent. It was preliminary diagnosed as hydrometra with right renal agenesis. Aiming at the correction of hydrometra, we performed ovariohysterectomy. During spaying, we found a missing segment of distal part of the right uterine horn and absence of ipsilateral kidney and ureter. Compressed uterine structure and segmental aplasia of right uterine horn were found in histopathological investigation. Taken together, it was diagnosed as a segmental aplasia of uterine horn with ipsilateral renal agenesis.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18628611/