20.500.12556/RUL-185569 Urethral obstruction secondary to hyperplasia of seminal vesicle glands in an intact male African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) Obstrukcija sečnice zaradi hiperplazije mehurnice pri nekastriranem samcu afriškega beloprsega ježa (Atelerix albiventris) A 4-year-old, male, intact African pygmy hedgehog was presented at the clinic with a 2-day history of weakness. Clinical examination revealed a large fluid-like mass, suspected to be the urinary bladder. The surveying ultrasound confirmed an enlarged urinary bladder with anechoic content and a small amount of floating echoic material. The patient was not able to urinate nor was it possible to place an urinary catheter. After three days he continued to be non-responding to any medical approach. The patient was prepared for explorative surgery, during which he collapsed and was declared deceased. The following autopsy revealed an extramural urethral obstruction caused by the enlarged seminal vesicle glands. The histology examination confirmed hyperplasia of the glandular epithelial cells, with focal squamous metaplasia. A focal mild perivascular inflammatory infiltrate was also present, formed mainly by lymphocytes and plasma cells with isolated macrophages and admixtures of eosinophilic granulocytes. Štiriletnega nekastriranega samca afriškega beloprsega ježa so pripeljali na kliniko zaradi znakov oslabelosti, ki so trajali dva dni. Klinični pregled je pokazal veliko tekočini podobno maso, za katero se je domnevalo, da gre za sečni mehur. Ultrazvočni pregled je potrdil povečan sečni mehur z anehogeno vsebino in majhno količino plavajočega ehogenega materiala. Jež ni mogel urinirati, prav tako ni bilo mogoče namestiti urinskega katetra. Po treh dneh se še naprej ni odzival na noben način zdravljenja. Izveden je bil eksplorativni kirurški poseg, med katerim je poginil. Pri obdukciji je bila ugotovljena ekstramuralna obstrukcija sečnice, ki jo je povzročila povečana mehurnica. Histološka preiskava je potrdila hiperplazijo žleznih epitelijskih celic z žariščno skvamozno metaplazijo. Prisoten je bil tudi blag žariščni perivaskularni vnetni infiltrat, ki so ga sestavljali pretežno limfociti in plazmatke s posameznimi makrofagi ter primesmi eozinofilnih granulocitov. accessory sex glands small mammals reproductive tract pomožne spolne žleze mali sesalci reproduktivni trakt true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-08-10 11:21:07 2026-08-10 11:21:13 2026-08-11 04:01:56 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 61-66 Iss. 1 Vol. 63 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-01-01 636.09:616.6:636.96 2385-8761 0.26873/SVR-2103-2025 285244675 Urethral.pdf Urethral.pdf 1 80F88A16A59E8D46ED83E3F11EC71BE8 42898e2a46d485997c08c8089a05f961d4e34f2040dd1a9462f188c1bc7c0770 a1c4c007-949c-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=244221 https://www.slovetres.si/index.php/SVR/article/view/2103 1 7d3e38ce-949c-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=244219 Veterinarska fakulteta 0 0 0