Feline lower urinary tract disorders. Definition of terms and concepts

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 1996 Mar;26(2):169-79. doi: 10.1016/s0195-5616(96)50200-7.

Abstract

Lower urinary tract disorders of male and female cats may be caused by a variety of fundamentally different causes. The term Feline urologic syndrome should be abandoned and substituted with descriptive etiopathogenic terms whenever possible. If the underlying cause cannot be identified, the term Idiopathic lower urinary tract disease is recommended.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cat Diseases / classification*
  • Cat Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cat Diseases / physiopathology
  • Cats
  • Cystitis, Interstitial / diagnosis
  • Cystitis, Interstitial / physiopathology
  • Cystitis, Interstitial / veterinary
  • Female
  • Hematuria / diagnosis
  • Hematuria / physiopathology
  • Hematuria / veterinary
  • Male
  • Terminology as Topic
  • Urinary Calculi / diagnosis
  • Urinary Calculi / physiopathology
  • Urinary Calculi / veterinary
  • Urination Disorders / diagnosis
  • Urination Disorders / physiopathology
  • Urination Disorders / veterinary
  • Urologic Diseases / classification
  • Urologic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Urologic Diseases / veterinary*