Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with uterine leiomyoma and cystic endometrial hyperplasia
By George S. Karagiannis et al.·Published in Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine·2011·School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessalonki, Aristotle University of Thessalonki, 54124 Thessaloníki, Greece, GB·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Canine Uterine Leiomyoma with Epithelial Tissue Foci, Adenomyosis, and Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia
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Plain-English summary
An 11-year-old female Labrador Retriever was brought to the vet because she had been experiencing intermittent bloody vaginal discharge for six months. During surgery, the vet found two masses in her uterus, one of which was a typical uterine tumor (leiomyoma), while the other had some unusual features not previously seen in dogs. This combination of issues is similar to conditions seen in human patients. The dog was diagnosed and treated, but further details on the treatment outcome were not provided.
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Abstract
An 11-year-old Labrador Retriever bitch with a history of intermittent, sanguineous vaginal discharge of a six-month duration was presented. During exploratory laparotomy, two well-delineated, intramural masses were identified bilaterally in the uterine horns. Histopathologic examination of the mass on the left horn showed that it was a typical leiomyoma. However, the second mass appeared with an unusual coexistence of histological lesions, involving epithelial tissue foci, mild focal adenomyosis, and cystic endometrial hyperplasia. Interestingly, such combination was never encountered before in dogs. Although uterine leiomyoma is quite usual in the reproductive system of female dogs, this case resembled relevant cases of human uterine adenomyomas in morphology, and thus it was offered a similar tentative diagnosis.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/901874