Histopathological retrospective study of canine renal disease in Korea, 2003~2008.
10.4142/jvs.2010.11.4.277
- Author:
Ji Young YHEE
1
;
Chi Ho YU
;
Jong Hyuk KIM
;
Keum Soon IM
;
Seung Ki CHON
;
Jung Hyang SUR
Author Information
1. Department of Veterinary Pathology, Small Animal Tumor Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea. jsur@konkuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
dog diseases;
renal diseases
- MeSH:
Animals;
Dog Diseases/*pathology;
Dogs;
Female;
Humans;
Kidney/*pathology;
Kidney Diseases/pathology/*veterinary;
Male;
Republic of Korea;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science
2010;11(4):277-283
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Renal disease includes conditions affecting the glomeruli, tubules, interstitium, pelvis, and vasculature. Diseases of the kidney include glomerular diseases, diseases of the tubules and interstitium, diseases of renal pelvis, and developmental abnormalities. Renal tissue samples (n = 70) submitted to the Department of Veterinary Pathology of Konkuk University from 2003 to 2008 were included in this study. Tissue histopathology was performed using light microscopy with hematoxylin and eosin stains. Masson's trichrome, Congo Red, and Warthin starry silver staining were applied in several individual cases. Glomerular diseases (22.9%), tubulointerstitial diseases (8.6%), neoplastic diseases (8.6%), conditions secondary to urinary obstruction (24.3%), and other diseases (35.7%) were identified. Glomerulonephritis (GN) cases were classified as acute proliferative GN (5.7%), membranous GN (4.3%), membranoproliferative GN (4.3%), focal segmental GN (2.9%), and other GN (4.2%). The proportion of canine GN cases presently identified was not as high as the proportions identified in human studies. Conversely, urinary obstruction and end-stage renal disease cases were relatively higher in dogs than in human populations.
