Double ureters with ureteral ectopia in a domestic shorthair cat.

Abstract

A 5-month-old domestic shorthair cat was presented for evaluation of urinary incontinence since birth. Excretory urography revealed dilated double ectopic ureters draining a hydronephrotic right kidney. Urine culture yielded a pure culture of Klebsiella pneumoniae. The cat was treated initially with bactericidal antibiotics, followed by right-sided nephroureterectomy. The surgery and antibiotic therapy led to complete resolution of urinary incontinence and urinary tract infection. Ureteral duplication is an unusual congenital anomaly that has not been previously reported in the cat.

• Authors: Seth N Ghantous, Jason Crawford
• Journal: Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (J Am Anim Hosp Assoc) 2006 Nov-Dec Vol. 42 Issue 6 Pg. 462-6 ISSN: 1547-3317 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 17088394 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Amoxicillin

Topics

• Amoxicillin (administration & dosage)
• Animals
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (administration & dosage)
• Cat Diseases (drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
• Cats (abnormalities)
• Klebsiella Infections (drug therapy, veterinary)
• Klebsiella pneumoniae (isolation & purification)
• Male
• Nephrectomy (veterinary)
• Radiography
• Treatment Outcome
• Ureter (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Ureteral Diseases (complications, surgery, veterinary)
• Urinary Incontinence (etiology, veterinary)
• Urine (microbiology)