Calcium urolithiasis in two dogs with parathyroid adenomas
Klausner, J.S.; O'Leary, T.P.; Osborne, C.A.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 191(11): 1423-1426
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 3692984 Document Number: 296586
Primary hyperparathyroidism resulted in calcium urolith formation and calcium nephropathy in 2 dogs. Uroliths composed of calcium phosphate were surgically removed from the bladder of one dog 3 months after surgical removal of a parathyroid adenoma. Five years later, hypercalcaemia and urolithiasis had not recurred. In a second dog, calcium oxalate renal and bladder uroliths remained unchanged in size at 11 months after removal of a parathyroid adenoma. The posibility of primary hyperparathyroidism should be considered in any dog with calcium urolithiasis.