Hello,
Charlie is a 1 yr old German Shepherd dog who was neutered 5 months ago at a tech college. One testicle was scrotal and removed. The other was suspected to be inguinal and removed. That one was sent for histo and was acutally a lymph node.
I’m working with the owner at the local emerg clinic tonight so we put the probe on to have a look for a testicle.
First I looked at the prostate thinking that it would be a normal looking intact dog prostate. Hyperechoic, etc.
Hello,
Charlie is a 1 yr old German Shepherd dog who was neutered 5 months ago at a tech college. One testicle was scrotal and removed. The other was suspected to be inguinal and removed. That one was sent for histo and was acutally a lymph node.
I’m working with the owner at the local emerg clinic tonight so we put the probe on to have a look for a testicle.
First I looked at the prostate thinking that it would be a normal looking intact dog prostate. Hyperechoic, etc.
Instead I found a hypoechoic prostate closer to the size I would expect with a neutered dog.
I did not put a big effort into finding a testicle. The dog was full of gas and ingesta, not clipped and very tense. I told the owner we’d need to have a fasted relaxed and clipped dog to search for a testicle.
My question is, might this still be a cryptorchid dog? vs a dog who only had one testicle. If the dog is intact I was expecting to find a larger, hyperechoic prostate. I’d think that a one testicle dog is pretty rare.
Any studies done on how long after a neuter the prostate changes in appearance?
thanks
Karen
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The retained testicle may not
The retained testicle may not be producing testosterone and thus the hypoechoic small prostate. However, neoplastic transformation at a later stage is possible and thus one should go and search for the retained testicle.
Castration results in reduction in prostate size by 50% within 3 weeks and 75% reduction by 3 months post castration.
The retained testicle may not
The retained testicle may not be producing testosterone and thus the hypoechoic small prostate. However, neoplastic transformation at a later stage is possible and thus one should go and search for the retained testicle.
Castration results in reduction in prostate size by 50% within 3 weeks and 75% reduction by 3 months post castration.
Thanks Remo.
Thanks Remo.
Thanks Remo.
Thanks Remo.
If you can’t find it inguinal
If you can’t find it inguinal then its usually within the first 2-3 cm to the side of the urinary bladder in my experience. You have to move the colon out of the way with light passive pressure or you will displace the crypt as well.
When there is one descended I will palpate it first and then displace it cranially along the inlet to see if the descended one is the right or the ll;eft. In this way i only have the opposite side to search out. I start inguinally first as the area is minimally there and work my way cranially in line with the normal descent track to the kidney. Can take 2 seconds, minutes, or 20 but if its there should pop up especially now that the other has been removed.
If you can’t find it inguinal
If you can’t find it inguinal then its usually within the first 2-3 cm to the side of the urinary bladder in my experience. You have to move the colon out of the way with light passive pressure or you will displace the crypt as well.
When there is one descended I will palpate it first and then displace it cranially along the inlet to see if the descended one is the right or the ll;eft. In this way i only have the opposite side to search out. I start inguinally first as the area is minimally there and work my way cranially in line with the normal descent track to the kidney. Can take 2 seconds, minutes, or 20 but if its there should pop up especially now that the other has been removed.
I inserted at the top of this
I inserted at the top of this thread some crypt orchid images showing the median raffe off the pathology atlas CD as well as a normal young prostate. I would expect a MN prostate to be less prominent than this.
I inserted at the top of this
I inserted at the top of this thread some crypt orchid images showing the median raffe off the pathology atlas CD as well as a normal young prostate. I would expect a MN prostate to be less prominent than this.