Urolithiasis in a Dog with Diabetes Mellitus - A Case Report

Mritunjay kumar; Pallav Shekhar; Ramesh Tiwary; Namrata; Arzoo Nisha; Vivek Kumar Singh

doi:10.56093/ijvm.v45i2.170512

Authors

Mritunjay kumar Bihar Veterinary College, BASU, Patna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-6747
Pallav Shekhar Bihar Veterinary College, BASU, Patna
Ramesh Tiwary Bihar Veterinary College, BASU, Patna
Namrata
Arzoo Nisha
Vivek Kumar Singh

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvm.v45i2.170512

Keywords:

Cystitis, Diabetes mellitus,Dog, Hematuria, Urolithiasis

Abstract

A 7-year-old female Beagle, diagnosed with diabetes mellitus six months earlier and on insulin therapy, presented with haematuria, dysuria, and abdominal discomfort. Diagnostic workup included complete blood count, blood smear, mean blood glucose estimation, serum amylase and lipase, rapid Snap 4DX test, Babesia spp. antigen tests, radiography, and ultrasonography. All infectious disease tests (E. canis, Anaplasma spp., Dirofilaria immitis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Babesia canis, B. gibsoni) were negative. Complete blood count showed a platelet count of 399,000/µL. Random blood glucose was 600 mg/dL, reduced to 224 mg/dL post-insulin. Imaging revealed a 3.52 cm hyperechoic, radio-opaque structure in the lower abdomen, consistent with cystic calculi, along with a thickened urinary bladder wall (0.61 cm), suggestive of cystitis likely associated with diabetes and uroliths. Surgery was performed, and a 24.42 g, yellowish, apricot seed-shaped calculus (3.1 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm) was removed.

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Author Biographies

Mritunjay kumar, Bihar Veterinary College, BASU, Patna

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Associate Professor
Pallav Shekhar, Bihar Veterinary College, BASU, Patna

Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Ramesh Tiwary, Bihar Veterinary College, BASU, Patna

Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
Namrata

M. V. Sc., Department of Veterinary Medicine

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