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Left perinephric abscess associated with nephrolithiasis and bladder calculi in a bitch
Author(s) -
Agut A.,
Laredo F. G.,
Belda E.,
Soler M.,
Seva J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.154.18.562
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose capsule of kidney , abscess , kidney , interstitial nephritis , kidney disease , vomiting , surgery
An eight‐year‐old, entire female Pekingese cross, weighing 3–8 kg, had been inappetent with fever, depression, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea for seven days. The radiographic and ultrasonographic findings were consistent with glomerulonephritis, nephrolithiasis in both kidneys, bladder calculi and an accumulation of fluid in the left perinephric space. The clinical signs, together with the results of the diagnostic imaging, suggested that this fluid could be pus. A definitive diagnosis of a subcapsular abscess in the left kidney was established when this kidney was removed surgically. A histopathological examination of the kidney revealed a diffuse suppurative interstitial nephritis, membranous glomerulonephritis and an abscess invading the perinephric adipose tissue from the renal cortex. Twelve months after surgery the dog remains clinically stable, but owing to the disease of its remaining kidney its long‐term prognosis is poor.