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CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH NEPHROLITHIASIS, URETEROLITHIASIS, AND RENAL DYSPLASIA IN A 2‐YEAR‐OLD QUARTER HORSE GELDING
Author(s) -
Wooldridge Anne A.,
Seahorn Thomas L.,
Williams Jamie,
Taylor H. Wayne,
Oliver Julian L.,
Kim Young,
Vicek Thomas J.
Publication year - 1999
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.1740-8261.1999.tb02126.x
Subject(s) - medicine , azotemia , hydronephrosis , renal dysplasia , polyuria , cystoscopy , dysplasia , urology , kidney disease , ureter , biopsy , kidney , pathology , radiology , urinary system , renal function , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
A 2‐year‐old quarter horse gelding presented for evaluation of polyuria and polydipsia. Azotemia was detected on serum chemistry profile. Small, misshapen, hyperechoic kidneys with decreased corticomedullary demarcation, hydronephrosis, and a right nephrolith were noted ultrasonographically. The diagnosis of end‐stage kidney disease and dysplasia was made histopathologically using ultrasound‐guided biopsy. Two ureteroliths were found in the right ureter via cystoscopy, and a nephrolith was seen in the right kidney at necropsy. Clinical, ultrasonographic, and pathologic features of equine urolithiasis and renal dysplasia are discussed.