Omentalisation of perinephric pseudocysts in a cat

• Published in: Journal of small animal practice Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 115 - 118
• Main Authors: Hill, T.P, Odesnik, B.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-03-2000
• Subjects: Anaplasmataceae - isolation & purification; Anaplasmataceae Infections - veterinary; Animals; case studies; Cat Diseases - parasitology; Cat Diseases - pathology; Cats; cysts; Cysts - pathology; Cysts - surgery; Cysts - veterinary; Drainage; Kidney Diseases - pathology; Kidney Diseases - surgery; Kidney Diseases - veterinary; Male; omentum; Omentum - pathology; surgery
• ISSN: 0022-4510; 1748-5827
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2000.tb03177.x

An 11‐year‐old male domestic shorthaired cat was presented with behavioural disturbances and abdominal distension of two days' duration. Haemobattonella felis was found on routine haematology and serum biochemistry showed mild azotaemia. Abdominocentesis revealed a transudate. Bilateral perinephric fluid accumulations were observed on ultrasonography and chronic nephrosclerosis was diagnosed on needle biopsies of the kidney. A celiotomy with resection of the major portion of both cyst walls was performed. The omentum was extended along the floor of the abdomen, across the ventral aspect of both kidneys and attached to the remnants of the pseudocyst wall. Ongoing physiological drainage was secured and cyst recurrence was prevented. Perirenal fluid was not detected at clinical and ultrasound follow‐up examinations 14 days and seven months postoperatively. Mild azotaemia and refractory Haemobartonella infection were, however, still present.