DIAGNÓSTICO HISTOPATOLÓGICO DE CARCINOMA RENAL EM FELINO
DIAGNÓSTICO HISTOPATOLÓGICO DE CARCINOMA RENAL EM FELINO
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1072511024
Palavras-chave: Citologia; felino; histopatologia; neoplasia
Keywords: Cytology; feline; histopathology; neoplasia
Abstract: Renal carcinoma is a rare neoplasm in small animals with an estimated incidence of 0.2% to 0.5% of neoplasms affecting felines. It is a malignant tumor of epithelial origin, with infiltrative behavior and high metastatic potential. Objective: To report the case of a feline diagnosed with renal carcinoma in the right kidney and ureter. A 15-year-old female patient, of mixed breed, weighing 2.9 kg, neutered, treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Viçosa presented nonspecific clinical signs such as nausea, chronic diarrhea, prostration and progressive weight loss. Initially, blood count, serum biochemistry to evaluate renal and hepatic profiles and abdominal ultrasonography were performed. Laboratory and imaging tests were suggestive of a renal mass and, therefore, an analysis of the renal tissue was performed. The histopathological findings of the right kidney revealed loss of distinction between cortex and medulla due to the expansive and infiltrative malignant epithelial neoplastic bone marrow composed of renal cells organized predominantly in tubules and acini with eosinophilic cytoplasm and poorly delimited nuclei with loose to condensed chromatin, moderate pleomorphism and one to two prominent nuclei, these characteristics being compatible with tubular renal carcinoma. In the histopathological analysis of the right ureter, a lumen with expansive malignant epithelial neoplastic was recommended, presented by cystic formations filled with homogeneous eosinophilic material and moderate red blood cells and lined by layers of epithelial cells, which had eosinophilic and poorly delimited cytoplasm, round nucleus, loose chromatin, one to two prominent nuclei and discrete pleomorphism, being compatible with multicystic renal carcinoma. It is concluded that the performance of cytology plays an important role in suggesting a more in-depth evaluation, leading to the indication of surgery to remove the right rim and ureter and the removal of fragments for histopathology. Therefore, the patient's final diagnosis was only conclusively predicted through histopathological evaluation.
- Adriano Silvio Neto
- Adriano Sílvio Neto
- Elizabeth Dutra Vasconcelos
- Danielly Dias Moreira