title: IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-RADIOGRAPHY AND ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF BILATERAL CONGENITAL URETEROVESICAL JUNCTION STENOSIS CAUSING HYDRONEPHROSIS AND HYDROURETER IN A FERRET (MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO).
abstract: An 8-month-old neutered male ferret was presented for vaccination and preventive treatment for adrenal gland disease. Abdominal ultrasound revealed severe bilateral hydronephrosis and hydroureter. Excretory urography and negative contrast cystography showed bilateral ureterovesical junction stenosis. Positive retrograde cystography demonstrated right ureteral reflux. A subcutaneous ureteral bypass was placed in the left kidney; however, it had to be removed 3 months later due to an obstruction and persistent urinary tract infection. Bilateral ureteroneocystotomy was performed. Although congenital strictures are uncommon in veterinary patients, they should be included in the differential diagnosis in ferrets presenting with hydronephrosis and hydroureter of undetermined cause.
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vilalta
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Elisabet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dominguez
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Altuzarra
authors.affiliation: Facultat de Veterinària de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Neus
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sibera
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.|Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Espada
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.|Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Novellas
authors.affiliation: Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.|Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martorell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D000070621:Cystography / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005289:Ferrets; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000662:veterinary*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D014567:Urography / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: cystography; intravenous excretory urography; subcutaneous ureteral bypass device; ureteroneocystotomy