Urolitiasis con obstrucción parcial en uretra en canino pastor belga de 4 años.

Abstract

Urolithiasis is the presence of stones in any part of the urinary tract, most of the uroliths are found in the lower urinary tract, such as: struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate), calcium oxalate, cystine and ammonium urate. In this report, a clinical case of a patient with partial obstruction due to the presence of uroliths in the urethra in a Belgian Shepherd canine patient of approximately 4 years of age, will be addressed. Who was admitted to the consultation due to severe pain when trying to urinate, observing hematuria, in the physical examination his physiological variables were observed to be altered, with fever, tachycardia, pale and depressed mucous membranes, due to the results obtained from the physical examination of the patient, laboratory tests such as a complete blood count, blood chemistry and abdominal ultrasound are recommended. Regarding the laboratory results, thrombocytopenia was observed, accompanied by an increase in creatinine and BUN, an abdominal ultrasound was performed where stones were observed at the level of the urinary bladder and in the extrapelvic urethra, the treatment was surgical, consisting of cystotomy and urethrostomy, performing the extraction of the uroliths at the bladder and urethral level, this was successful.