Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with rare abdominal pregnancy causing pain and seizures
By Maksimović, Alan et al.·Published in Veterinarski arhiv·2020·View original on Crossref →
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Original publication title: An unusual case of ectopic abdominal pregnancy in a bitch - a case report
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 14-year-old Miniature Pinscher was brought to the vet with signs of abdominal pain, lethargy, dark diarrhea, and seizures. Despite being spayed eight years earlier, she was found to have an unusual case of abdominal ectopic pregnancy, where the pregnancy occurred outside the uterus, leading to complications. The vet performed surgery to remove the abnormal tissue and provided supportive care. After treatment, the dog showed improvement and was on the road to recovery.
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Abstract
There are only a few reported cases of abdominal ectopic pregnancy and consequential foetal mummification in dogs. The majority of the described cases indicate that this condition may exist for a prolonged period of time without any manifestation of illness. Therefore, sudden signs of abdominal distension, abdominal pain, episodes of epileptiform seizures, dark diarrhoea and lethargy, as were observed in the present case, are not likely to be considered as symptoms of an abdominal ectopic pregnancy. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an eight-year long abdominal pregnancy in an ovariohysterectomised bitch. We present the clinical, laboratory, radiological and intraoperative findings, and the medical and surgical therapy for an abdominal ectopic pregnancy in a 14 year old Miniature Pinscher bitch, ovariohysterectomised eight years previously.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Crossref: https://doi.org/10.24099/vet.arhiv.0726