Diagnosis of Diseases in POP

Question 1

What is your diagnosis?

Case:

• 4 year old dsh cat
• Presented for lethargy and vomiting
• anuric
• elevated urea and creatinine
• at postmortem the kidneys are markedly swollen
• kidney presents with intratubalar crystalshttps://s3.amazonaws.com/brainscape-prod/system/cm/174/353/921/q_image_thumb.png?1451747723

Answer 1

-Ethylene glycol toxicity

Crystals are calcium oxalate and on inspection or pm of the kidneys you would expect tubular necrosis. Presenting the elevated levels of urea and creatinine.

Question 2

What is your diagnosis?

What further staining could be used to confirm your diagnosis?

Case:

• Parrot with dyspnoea
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Answer 2

• Pulmonary aspergillosis. The sporadic pattern seen with this fungus and further staining would be GMC, grocotts methanamine silver stain.
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Question 3

What is your diagnosis?

What is a clear differential that would link in with the history?

Case:

• 4 Bulldog puppies
• 7 weeks old
• Acute death

Answer 3

Clear fibrin thrombi in the glomeruli signalling scarring. Inclusion bodies as well and intralobular necrosis in the liver. Overall with young puppies most likely to be Canine herpes virus.

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Question 4

What is your diagnosis?

Case:

• 10 year old obese labrador retriever
• vomiting and diarrhoea
• abdominal pain
• elevated lipase and amylase

Question 5

What is your diagnosis?

Case:

K9 boxer

History of vomiting

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hallitosis

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Answer 5

Renal Azotaemia