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Spay-Related Urethral Sphincter Mechanism Incompetence Concurrent with Pituitary-Dependent Hyperadrenocorticism in a Bitch  

Kang, Min-Hee (BK21 Basic & Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Diseases and Department of Veterinary internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Kim, Ju-Won (BK21 Basic & Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Diseases and Department of Veterinary internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Park, Hee-Myung (BK21 Basic & Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Diseases and Department of Veterinary internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.28, no.2, 2011 , pp. 258-261 More about this Journal
Abstract
An 8-year-old spayed female, Yorkshire terrier dog was presented with a urinary incontinence. Unaware urine dribbling during sleeping was observed eight months after spaying. Polyuria and polydipsia were also reported. Physical examination revealed obesity and hypertension. Characteristic laboratory findings in this dog were polycythemia, hyperlipidemia and elevated hepatic enzyme. Other causes of the urinary incontinence were ruled out through further diagnostic tests and spay-related urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence (USMI) was made as a presumptive diagnosis. In addition, the dog was also diagnosed with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism. Both conditions can cause urinary incontinence in dogs; therefore, definite diagnosis was made through a therapeutic approach. The synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbesterol, was initially administered and successfully managed the urinary incontinence in this dog. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first case report describing the clinical and laboratory features of spay-related USMI concurrent with hyperadrenocorticism and treatment outcomes in our country.
Keywords
bitch; diethylstilbesterol; spay; urinary incontinence;
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