Left Retrocaval Ureter around the Ipsilateral Limb of a Double Caudal Vena Cava in a Cat

C Casteleyn; P Cornillie; S Van Cruchten; C Van Ginneken

doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.01.010

Left Retrocaval Ureter around the Ipsilateral Limb of a Double Caudal Vena Cava in a Cat

J Comp Pathol. 2015 May;152(4):313-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.01.010. Epub 2015 Mar 20.

Authors

C Casteleyn¹, P Cornillie², S Van Cruchten³, C Van Ginneken³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium. Electronic address: christophe.casteleyn@uantwerpen.be.
² Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Belgium.
³ Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium.

PMID: 25798957
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.01.010

Abstract

Necropsy examination of an adult neutered male cat, which was humanely destroyed as it had feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection, demonstrated the presence of a left retrocaval ureter that was entrapped around the left limb of a double caudal vena cava. These associated anomalies originate from the complex embryofetal development of the caudal vena cava. Since no clinical signs had been reported and no gross lesions related to this anomaly were observed, this manifestation should be simply considered as an anatomical variation.

Keywords: cat; double caudal vena cava; retrocaval ureter.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Cats
Male
Retrocaval Ureter / pathology*
Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*