Post-traumatic paraureteral urinoma in a cat.
A retroperitoneal urinoma (uriniferous pseudocyst) was diagnosed in a domestic shorthair cat exhibiting a sublumbar swelling two weeks after a road traffic accident. Plain radiography revealed a soft tissue opacity in the left retroperitoneal space. Intravenous urography and fine-needle aspiration were diagnostic. Contrast was seen pooling in the dilated ipsilateral renal pelvis and proximal ureter. Fluid aspirated from the retroperitoneal space had a creatinine level five times that of serum. Surgical drainage followed by nephrectomy and omentalisation of the pseudocyst was curative.
Worth
A J
AJ
Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Tomlin
S C
SC
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries*; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014567:Urography / Q000662:veterinary