Renal Cyst in a Mongrel Dog

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Renal cyst was detected in a mongrel dog aged 3 months old. The most prominent clinical abnormalities were vomiting, loss of appetite, depression, abdominal swelling and lethargy. Gross appearances included ascites and bilaterally irregular capsular surfaces of the kidneys. Characteristic microscopical findings were various sized cysts formation, shrunken glomeruli with hypercellularity, connective tissue porliferation in the interstitum, tubular dilatation and sligth leukocytic infiltration. The cause. of the renal disorder in a mongrel dog could not be determined.