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Severe polyuria and polydipsia as major clinical signs in a horse with unilateral renal adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Birkmann K.,
Trump M.,
Dettwiler M.,
Rütten M.,
Wehrli Eser M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/eve.12123
Subject(s) - polyuria , polydipsia , medicine , nephrectomy , physical examination , surgery , adenocarcinoma , vomiting , kidney , urology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , cancer
Summary A 14‐year‐old S wiss W armblood gelding was presented with chronic severe polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss. At the time of admission, water intake was 240 l/day. On rectal examination, a large mass was identified in the left dorsal abdominal quadrant, which was shown to originate from the left kidney by transabdominal ultrasonographic examination. Unilateral nephrectomy via flank incision was performed under general anaesthesia. Histopathological examination of the tumour revealed a papillary renal adenocarcinoma. Successful outcome and survival was documented 13 months after surgery. Severe polyuria and polydipsia should be considered as major clinical signs for renal carcinoma in horses, which can be successfully treated with unilateral nephrectomy if no signs of metastatic spread are evident.