Prostatic disease


  • 10 year old male neutered YST with pyrexia and upset stomach
  • Pancreatitis seen on scan
  • But also a very enlarged prostate with a hypoechoic mass lesion, pinpoint mineralisation and surrounding reactivity. The sublumbar lymph nodes were very mildly enlarged. I advised sampling but vet is first going to manage pancreatitis. 
  • I could not see any testicular tissue to account for enlarged prostate/prostatitis.
    • 10 year old male neutered YST with pyrexia and upset stomach
    • Pancreatitis seen on scan
    • But also a very enlarged prostate with a hypoechoic mass lesion, pinpoint mineralisation and surrounding reactivity. The sublumbar lymph nodes were very mildly enlarged. I advised sampling but vet is first going to manage pancreatitis. 
    • I could not see any testicular tissue to account for enlarged prostate/prostatitis.
    • I would not have expected such an diffusely enlarged and symmetrical prostate in a neutered dog, even if developed neoplasia. What do you think is going on here?

2 responses to “Prostatic disease”

  1. Need to exclude neooplasia

    Need to exclude neooplasia (and possibly prostatitis)- FNA/prostatic wash cytology

  2. Update – cytology returned as
    Update – cytology returned as prostatic carcinoma.
    Thank you.

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