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Urinary System IV Flashcards

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Iodine in the kidney: what happens and what does it look like?

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  • Amyloid reacts with iodine and can give a BLACK colour
    o Many little black dots
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What should you think of if you find protein urea with NO inflammation with the urinary tract?

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  • Amyloidosis OR glomerular disease
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What is amyloid?

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  • Protein that is normally made by the kidney
  • *problem if it is misfolded
    o Occurs in chronic conditions
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Amyloid deposition in DOGS

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  • **in glomeruli
  • Get high proteinuria
  • *exception is shar-peis dogs (familial amyloidosis)
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Amyloid deposition in cats

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  • *in medulla
  • Low or no proteinuria
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Suppurative glomerulitis

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  • Secondary to septicemia
  • *many yellow dots in the kidney=suppurative (pus)
  • Ex. Actionbacillus equuli infection in young foals
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What are some diseases of the tubules?

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  1. Fanconi-like syndrome
  2. Acute tubular necrosis due to
    a. Ischemia
    b. Nephrotoxins
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You have a Basenji dog with polyuria and polydipsia, normoglycemia, and glucose urea, what is it?

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  • Fanconi-like syndrome
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What is Fanconi-like syndrome?

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  • Inherited proximal tubule defect
  • Abnormal structure of brush borders of proximal tubules
    o Causes failure of resorption of glucose, AA, phosphorus and bicarbonate
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What happens if a dog does not pee for a long time?

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  • Increased potassium
  • *life threatening hyperkalemia
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Acute tubular necrosis (nephrosis)

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  • Common cause of acute renal failure
  • Usually get decreased or even no urine production
  • Clinical presentation: oliguria or anuria
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What does acute tubular necrosis result from?

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  • Severe and almost diffuse necrosis of proximal tubules
    o First to receive what is in the filtrate and are metabolically very active
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Why does acute tubular necrosis happen?

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  • Leakage of urine outside the tubules
  • Blockage of tubules and backflow of urine
  • Vasoconstriction and decreased GFR at glomerulus
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What are the 2 main causes of acute tubular necrosis?

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  1. Low renal perfusion
    a. Cardiogenic, hypovolemic, septic or neurogenic
  2. Toxins
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Acute tubular necrosis GROSSLY

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  • Can be difficult to recognizes
  • *cortex may be pale and bulge on cross section and be finely granular
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What are the common examples of low perfusion leading to acute tubular necrosis in dogs and cats?

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  • Cardiac failure
  • Deep anaesthesia
  • Severe blood loss
  • Profound dehydration
  • Pigmentary nephrosis
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What are the common examples of low perfusion leading to acute tubular necrosis in cattle?

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  • Endotoxemia
    o Mastitis
    o GI diseases (ex. severe enteritis and grain overload)
  • Pigmentary nephrosis
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Hemoglobinuric nephrosis or myoglobinuricnephrosis

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  • Black or dark brown
  • *too much Hg or Mg being delivered
  • See dark brown urine
  • *NOT directly toxic but can exacerbate ischemic injury to tubules
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What can lead to hemoglobinuria?

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  • Intravascular hemolysis
    o IMHA
    o Chronic copper toxicity (sheep and cattle)
    o Leptospirosis (cattle and dogs)
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What can lead to myoglobinuria?

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  • Rhabdomyolysis
    o Azoturia (horses)
    o Capture myopathy (wild animals)
    o Trauma (all species)
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Acute tubular necrosis due to nephrotoxin: example

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  • Antifreeze contains ethylene glycol
    o Metabolizes to toxic metabolites (glycolate and oxalate metabolites)
  • *damage to kidneys and affects CNS resulting in nervous signs
  • *cats more susceptible but toxicity is LESS common
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What do you use to diagnosis EG toxicity?

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  • Ca-oxalate crystals in urine=filtered through glomeruli and cause damage to
    o May see hypocalcaemia as a result
    o Can also see on histo-section=fluoresce under UV light
  • Hypocalcaemia
  • Very high metabolic acidosis and very high anion gap
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Why are renal tubules (especially proximal convoluted) susceptible to toxins?

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  • High metabolic activity
  • Exposure to large volume of ultrafiltrate
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Melamine toxicity

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  • Normal component of plastic (high nitrogen component)
    o Some put it in food to make it look like there was protein in it
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Raisins or grapes: dogs ONLY

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  • Unknown mechanism
  • Acute tubular necrosis
  • *not all dogs are affected equally
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Lilly toxicity: cats

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  • Acute tubular necrosis
  • *see at easter time
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What are the 2 diseases of the renal pelvis?

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  • Hydronephorsis
  • Pyelonephritis
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Pyelonephritis

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  • Inflammation of renal PELVIS with extension into tubules and interstitium
  • Ascending bacterial infection from lower UT
  • *more common in FEMALES
  • *form of suppurative tubulointerstitial nephritis

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