Use of intraoperative impression smear cytology to guide successful treatment of a large renal cyst in a dog: a case report |
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Authors: | Ignacio Otero Balda,Michail Vagias,Joseph Cassidy,Peter J. O’ Brien,Ronan A. Mullins |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Small Animal Surgery, Section of Small Animal Clinical Studies, University College Dublin (UCD) School of Veterinary Medicine, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.;2.Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University College Dublin (UCD) School of Veterinary Medicine, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. |
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Abstract: | A 13-yr-old Shih tzu was referred for surgical management of right-sided cranial abdominal mass, which corresponded to large, cavitated renal mass on ultrasonography, and was suspected to represent neoplasia. Intraoperative impression smear cytology (ISC) of the renal mass wall was consistent with benign renal cyst (RC), without evidence of neoplasia or infection. Deroofing and omentalisation were performed and histopathology was consistent with benign RC. Chronic kidney disease was diagnosed 4 mon postoperatively, however, the dog was asymptomatic, without cyst reoccurrence. Intraoperative ISC is an expedient and inexpensive diagnostic technique that can guide most appropriate treatment in dogs with large RCs. |
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Keywords: | Renal cyst renal cystic lesion dog partial nephrectomy impression smear cytology |
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