A 10-year-old neutered male West Highland Terrier was presented for hematuria. The only finding on physical examination was a soft cardiac murmur. Abnormalities on urinalysis were 1+ bilirubin and trace blood.
A 10-year-old neutered male West Highland Terrier was presented for hematuria. The only finding on physical examination was a soft cardiac murmur. Abnormalities on urinalysis were 1+ bilirubin and trace blood.
Apical bladder mass. Mineralizing, suggestive of transitional cell carcinoma. This bladder mass appears resectable.
The urinary bladder presented a 2.7 x 2.0 cm apical dorsal mineralizing mass that appeared resectable. The prostate was uniform and prominent, yet no structural evidence of metastatic disease was noted. There is an infarction of the right kidney and dystrophic changes.
The bladder tumor was excised, but not the entire tumor was resolved. Chemotherapy was recommended. Owner was deciding where to have follow-up chemotherapy.
Hematuria – bladder pathology (neoplasia, urolith, chronic cystitis, bacterial cystitis), prostatic pathology (neoplasia, prostatitis), renal pathology (neoplasia, renoliths, pyelonephritis).
Histopathology of the mass returned as transitional cell carcinoma.
