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Ultrasound-Assisted Drainage and Alcoholization of Hepatic and Renal Cysts: 22 Cases

From the Clinica Veterinaria Pirani (Zatelli, D’Ippolito), via Majakowski 2/n, Reggio Emilia, 42100, Italy; the Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso (Bonfanti), Milano, 29100, Italy; and the Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Zini), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr 260, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.

Twenty-two dogs and cats with symptomatic renal or hepatic cysts that had undergone ultrasound-assisted drainage and alcoholization were retrospectively evaluated. Common presenting complaints were anorexia, reluctance to move, and vomiting. Abdominal pain was observed in all cases. Systemic hypertension was identified in four dogs and four cats with renal cysts. Cyst drainage and alcoholization were achieved without complications in 19 animals, and all clinical signs resolved after the procedure. In three cases, transient bleeding was observed during alcoholization, and the procedure was interrupted. Blood pressure normalized in the four dogs with renal cysts, but it remained elevated in the four cats.