Medical and surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia, diskospondylitis, and penile paresis in an ocelot.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, diskospondylitis at the T13-L1 intervertebral disk space, and penile paresis were diagnosed in a 16-year-old male ocelot. Treatment consisted of castration for the benign prostatic hyperplasia and long-term administration of antibiotics for the diskospondylitis. On physical examination 8 weeks after initial referral, the prostate gland was no longer palpable and could not be visualized radiographically or ultrasonographically. The diskospondylitis lesion was found to be healing, on the basis of radiographic results.
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
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TM
Norton
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WH
Adams
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GV
Kollias
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VL
Clyde
D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D013737:Testis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography