Unilateral nephrectomy in a juvenile llama.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and surgical management of a llama with an ectopic ureter.


METHODS
Nine-month-old female llama.


RESULTS
The diagnostic evaluation included the use of computed tomography and an excretory ureterogram to confirm and identify the location of the ectopic ureter. Surgical management involved a unilateral nephrectomy.


CONCLUSIONS
Computed tomography is a valuable asset to diagnose the presence and terminal location of an ectopic ureter in llamas, and nephrectomy appears to be a viable procedure to resolve the subsequent urinary incontinence.
Van Hoogmoed
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Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
Snyder
J R
JR
Roberts
G
G
Harmon
F A
FA
D000818:Animals; D002161:Camelids, New World; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary; D014513:Ureter; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*