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URINARY BLADDER MURAL HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC BLEEDING DISORDERS IN THREE DOGS
Author(s) -
O'Brien Robert T.,
Wood Emilia F
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1998.tb01620.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thickening , urinary system , urinary bladder , refractory (planetary science) , urology , radiology , chemistry , physics , polymer science , astrobiology
The sonographic appearance of three dogs with diffuse bladder wall thickening due to mural hemorrhage is described. Two dogs were diagnosed with immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia and the third dog with vitamin K antagonist toxicity. Urinary bladder wall thickening ranged from 5 to 12 mm on initial sonographic examination. In the two surviving dogs, the bladder wall returned to normal thickness. One dog, euthanatized for refractory hematuria, had submucosal hemorrhage in the urinary bladder at necropsy. Urinary wall thickening sonographically resolved at a rate of approximately 1 mm per day. Mural hemorrhage should be considered in patients with concurrent bleeding disorder and urinary bladder wall thickening.