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Estudio retrospectivo de la evoluci?n cl?nica de tras casos cl?nicos de hiperplasia prost?tica benigna de perros.
Retrospective study of the clinical evolution of three clinical cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia in dogs.
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Echeverry Bonilla, Diego Fernando
Rodr?guez Victoria E
Su?rez Rafael
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Resumen
Se expone un estudio comparativo de la evoluci?n cl?nica de tres pacientes caninos (un Basset Hound de nueve a?os y dos B?xer de seis y ocho a?os, respectivamente), los cuales presentaban antecedentes de hematuria y/o secreci?n uretral sanguinolenta en ausencia de micci?n. Una vez realizado el examen f?sico y los ex?menes paracl?nicos, el diagn?stico fue de Hiperplasia Prost?tica Benigna (HPB). Esta enfermedad es un cambio normal del envejecimiento
y es la patolog?a m?s com?n de la pr?stata canina. Las potenciales etiolog?as de esta enfermedad comprenden una proporci?n anormal de andr?genos y estr?genos, un incremento en el n?mero de receptores androg?nicos y sensibilidad tisular a los andr?genos; siendo la dihidrotestosterona el principal promotor de la HPB. El tratamiento principal de esta enfermedad es la orquiectom?a y/o la medicaci?n con hormonas anti-androg?nicas. ABSTRACT. A comparative study of the clinical evolution of three canine patients (one nine years old Basset Hound and two Boxer ?six and eight years old), who were taken to medical attention due to hematuria and urethral bloody secretion in absence of urination, is exposed. Once the physical examination and the paraclinical test were carried out, a Complex Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (CBPH) was diagnosed. This pathology is a normal change of aging and the commonest pathology of the canine prostate. The potential etiologies of this disease comprise an abnormal proportion of androgens and estrogens, increase in the number of androgenics receptors and increase of tissue sensitivity to androgens; which are mainly promoted by dihidrotestosterone. The main treatment of CBPH is the orchiectomy and/or the treatment with antiandrogenics hormones.