title: Herniation of the urinary bladder through a congenitally enlarged inguinal canal in a cat.
abstract: A two-year-old, castrated male Main Coon cat was referred because of chronic, recurrent pollakiuria, haematuria, and acute vomiting. On clinical examination, a smooth, soft-tissue mass, suspected to be the urinary bladder, was palpable outside of the abdominal wall in the inguinal area. On radiographs, the urinary bladder was found to be extra-abdominal, and herniated through an enlarged right inguinal canal at exploratory coeliotomy. The left inguinal canal was also enlarged. The urinary bladder was repositioned and fixed to the caudal abdominal wall by incisional cystopexy and both enlarged inguinal canals were partially closed with an interrupted suture pattern.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Small Animal Surgery, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich. . dzulauf@vetclinics.unizh.ch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zulauf
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Reichler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*