Renal cell carcinoma in a dog
2018
Nakaichi, M. (Yamaguchi University (Japan). Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Radiology) | Itamoto, K. | Iseri, T. | Taura, Y.
A female 8-year-old golden retriever arrived at the veterinary teaching hospital of Yamaguchi University with severe hematuria. Diagnostic imaging using intravenous urography and computerized tomography scanning suggested a renal tumor in the right kidney. Surgical removal of the right kidney, including the tumor tissue, was performed and post-operative recovery was uneventful. The neoplastic tissue was histopathologically diagnosed as a renal cell carcinoma. Metronomic chemotherapy using oral cyclophosphamide was administered. Twenty months after the surgery, the dog suddenly showed neurological disorders and an MRI examination revealed many focal lesions in the brain. The dog was euthanized and necropsy confirmed that the brain lesions were metastatic lesions from the renal cell carcinoma.
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