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Transitional Cell Carcinoma Of The Urinary Bladder In A Dog : A Case Report, Chollada Buranakarl, Phiwipha Kamonrat, Rachod Tantilertcharoen

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

A urinary bladder mass was diagnosed in a 14-year-old uncastrated male mixed breed dog presented to the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University. The dog had periodic hematuria which had been present for eight months without any abnormalities on complete blood count and all other blood chemistry. Radiographic examination revealed a prostate gland enlargement with evidence of irregular thickening of the urinary bladder mucosa without any cystic calculi. Antibiotics and hemostatic drugs were given and hematuria ceased periodically. With a history of concurrent hematuria and an elevation of both blood urea nitrogen (109 mg%) and creatinine …