Urothelial hyperplasia with calculi (papillomatosis) in the urinary bladder of a male spontaneous diabetic Torii rat

Autor: Koichi Yabe, Kazuhiko Mori, Noriko Sasaki, Kazuyoshi Kumagai, Kayoko Ishikawa, Kiyonori Kai, Takanori Maejima, Keiko Okado, Kyohei Yasuno
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Toxicologic Pathology
ISSN: 1881-915X
0914-9198
DOI: 10.1293/tox.2019-0057
Popis: A 40-week-old male spontaneous diabetic Torii rat, an animal model of type 2 diabetes mellitus, was found to have marked urinary calculi with hematuria in the urinary bladder on necropsy. Histological findings in the urinary bladder included a papillary growth pattern with a fibrovascular stroma without atypia. Fine granular materials in the bladder lumen were positive for Von Kossa staining but negative for periodic acid-Schiff or Gram staining, indicating no apparent bacterial infection in the urinary bladder. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the urinary calculi were magnesium ammonium phosphate crystals (struvite). On the basis of the results, the lesion was diagnosed as urothelial hyperplasia with calculi (papillomatosis). Chronic inciting stimuli by struvite crystals were considered the primary cause of the bladder findings.
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