Urinary

Question 1

MDx? EDx? Possible DDx?

Answer 1

MDx: multifocal fibrino-ulcerative glossitis

EDx: uremic glossitis

Possible DDx: calicivirus

[picture-same condition as this but without fibrin]

Etiology: renal diease - nonrenal lesion

Question 2

From a dog

MDx? EDx? Etiology?

Answer 2

MDx: multifocal endocardial mineralization

EDx: uremic endocarditis

Etiology: renal diease - nonrenal lesion

Question 3

MDx? Etiology?

Answer 3

MDx: multifocal subpleural mineralization of the intercoastal muscles

Etiology: renal diease - nonrenal lesion

Question 4

Dog stomach

EDx? What else can happen to the stomach?

Answer 4

EDx: uremic gastritis

Etiology: renal diease - nonrenal lesion

Severe renal dz can cause mineralization of mucosa and submucosa of the stomach

Question 5

Which kind of histological stain shows mineralization of tissue?

Answer 5

Von Kossa

Question 6

Disease? Pathogenesis? What can this dz cause?

Answer 6

Rubber jaw

Pathogenesis: renal disease –> hyperpohsphatemia –> unstable ratio between calcium and phosphorus –> increased PTH –> increased calcium breakdown of bone –> replacement of bone by fibrous connective tissue

Can cause secondary renal hyperparathyroidism