Non-Familial Renal Amyloidosis in a Dog with
Splenic Hemangioma
CM Lee1, SG
Kim1,MH Kang1,JH
Sur2, KD Eom3, SW Jeong4 and HM
Park1*
1Department of Veterinary
Internal Medicine: 2Department of Veterinary Pathology,
Small Animal Tumor Diagnostic Center; 3Department of
Veterinary Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging; 4Department
of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk
University, Seoul 143-701, Korea *Corresponding author: parkhee@konkuk.ac.kr
Abstract
A 12-year-old, intact male, Labrador Retriever
dog was referred to our hospital with a 1-week history of depression and
azotemia that had not responded to symptomatic fluid therapy. Based on the
history, clinical examination, CBC, serum biochemical analysis, urinalysis, and
diagnostic imaging, the dog was tentatively diagnosed with glomerulonephropathy
concurrent with a splenic tumor. Following a splenectomy and renal biopsy, renal
amyloidosis and hemangioma were confirmed on histopathology. Despite intensive
care with intermittent hemodialysis, the dog’s condition deteriorated and died
12 days after admission. This case illustrates that splenic hemangioma can be
related to renal amyloidosis.