The special case of Renal cysts in dogs was encountered in a 1-year-old female mixed breed dog Coco. He was presented at the PASHA wing with a history of abdominal distension. On physical examination, the abdomen was painful on palpation. Ultrasound imaging showed a large cystic mass displacing abdominal organs. CT scan confirmed the diagnosis as a cystic mass of renal origin involving the left kidney.
Renal cysts are more commonly encountered in cats than dogs. They appear both in the tubular system of nephrons as well as subcapsular. Most of them are formed during organ genesis in the embryonic period, while some others form over the course of time due to various reasons.
Recommended line of treatment is nephrectomy provided the contra-lateral kidney is functioning normally.
