AORTIC THROMBOSIS IN A DOG WITH GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

A Bearded Collie was presented with clinical signs of intermittent wea kness, intermittent pain in the back leg and a bilateral absence of th e femoral pulse. Further diagnostic investigations revealed proteinuri a, hypoproteinaemia, hyperlipidaemia and azotaemia. A quantitative est imation of the proteinuria using a protein/creatinine ratio indicated a loss of 483 mg kg-1 of protein per day. A large caudal aortic thromb osis was demonstrated by means of non-selective angiography and ultras onographic examination. Autopsy confirmed an extensive aortic thrombus extending from the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra to include bot h iliac and femoral arteries at the level of the stifle joints. A larg e thrombus, 4 cm in length, was also found in the pulmonary artery. Hi stopathological examination of the kidneys revealed a subacute to chro nic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.