Bizarre kidney

Re: Bizarre kidney

Thomas Johnson — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:18:24 GMT

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i spayed a cat yesterday who had a completely normal left ovary and uterine horn but could not find any right uterine horn at all. ended up opening her up midline and found the right ovary attached to a cystic swelling approx 3cm long and then a tiny ligament remnant following the course the normal uterine horn would have taken. what was really bizarre though was that couldn't find the right kidney at all. completely explored the abdomen but nothing even remotely resembling another kidney seen. Left kidney seemed entirely normal.

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Was it like the one I posted a photo of at the end of this thread:

http://www.vetsurgeon.org/forums/p/9939/51632.aspx#51632

Though in this case there were 2 normal kidneys.

Re: Bizarre kidney

Richard Fox — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:17:13 GMT

Given inbreeding maybe this is more likely these days - dunno just a thought?

Re: Bizarre kidney

Cat Henstridge — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:44:25 GMT

I think we might have had one of these today!

6 month old DSH presented for castration, only one palpable testicle. We went in midline and found the spermatic cord and VD and tracked them through the inguinal canal, out the other side and all the way to the scrotum where they inserted via connective tissue to the skin. There was no obvious testicle at all apart from a small 'blip' at the end of the cord. We clamped and removed the caudal few centimeters and are going to try to persuade the owners to send it away for histo (I am hoping the boss might agree to cost price as I would really like to know if there is a testicle there at all!)

Re: Bizarre kidney

nikki — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:41:26 GMT

Re: Bizarre kidney

Alex Allen — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:10:36 GMT

just another interesting case I saw when I was on path rotation at Edinburgh:

litter of Doberman pups presented "ill" and anorexic a few days post birth which all then died. All had been docked (by persons unknown but likely the breeder) and the vet who sent in the pups for PM was wondering if it was a septicaemia from the docking. Turned out to be bilateral renal aplasia - a rare genetic disorder of Dobermans - seem to remember gonads and adrenals were also affected but don't quote me on that bit.

Re: Bizarre kidney

Richard Fox — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:17:23 GMT

The book Pathology of Domestic Animals quotes that monorchia due to true agenesis is very rare - more likely it is due to complete total testicular degeneration.

Re: Bizarre kidney

Martin Atkinson — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:56:40 GMT

I had a monorchid cat castrate last week, the external testicle was at least 50% larger than normal for its age, the retained one nowhere to be seen either intra-abdominally or inguinally and I traced the vas to the inguinal canal but nothing appeared the other side, not even a vestige. I believe I'm a good enough surgeon after 35 years to be pretty sure it wasn't just my incompetence but I have promised the client if the cats continues acting like a tom we'll have to go back in with a vengeance. I've seen a couple more over years like this - how common is true monorchidism?

Re: Bizarre kidney

Richard Fox — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:37:57 GMT

I would suggest that it sounds like unilateral renal aplasia with compensatory renal hypertrophy? It could be severely hypoplastic but likely just as uncommon as aplasia - probably explains the cause of the testicular retention if it is ipsilaterial? See below :)