title: Unilateral renal agenesis associated with additional congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract in a Pekingese bitch.
abstract: An eight-month-old Pekingese bitch with urinary incontinence was found to have three congenital anomalies of the urinary tract: left renal agenesis, bilateral ectopic ureters with a left cranial blind-ending ureter, and urinary bladder hypoplasia. The diagnoses were made by retrograde vaginourethrography, excretory urography, ultrasonography and duplex Doppler ultrasonography. Although urological anomalies associated with renal agenesis have been frequently observed, a cranial blind-end ectopic ureter has not, to the authors' knowledge, been described in the bitch. The dog was managed medically with a restricted protein diet because of a compromised unilateral kidney with hydronephrosis and hydroureter.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agut
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fernandez del Palacio
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Laredo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murciano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bayon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soler
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014567:Urography / Q000662:veterinary