ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.53, sa.19, ss.5-13, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
The objectives of the present study were to describe the complementary use of radiography and ultrasonography
in the diagnosis of upper urinary tract disorders in dogs, and to compare ultrasonographic findings with the survey and contrast
radiographic findings in the evaluation of canine upper urinary tract diseases. The study materials were composed of 22 dogs of
various breed, age, and sex with upper urinary tract diseases. Pyelonephritis (9 cases), acute renal failure (7 cases), policystic renal
disease (2 cases), bilateral hydronephrosis (one case), radiopaque nephrolith (2 cases), unilateral ectopic ureter (one case) were
diagnosed radiographically and ultrasonographically. The results of the present study indicate that ultrasonography was more
sensitive than radiography in diagnosis of upper urinary diseases but was incapable in qualitative evaluation of renal functions and in
examination of the ureters. Survey radiographs had little value in the diagnosis of pyelonephritis, disorders of renal pelvis, ureters
except for the identification of radiopaque nephrolith. It was determined that EU was valuable for determination of the ectopic ureter,
hydronephrosis, and evaluation of renal function