Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Persistent vaginal bleeding from hemangioma tumors in female dogs
By Miller, Jonathan M et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2008·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Persistent vulvar hemorrhage secondary to vaginal hemangioma in dogs.
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Plain-English summary
Two young female dogs were brought in because they had ongoing bleeding from their vulva. The veterinarian used a special camera to look inside the vagina and found bleeding masses near the urethra. Both dogs underwent surgery to remove these masses, which were identified as hemangiomas (a type of benign tumor). After the surgery, at least one of the dogs stopped bleeding completely, indicating that the treatment was successful.
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Abstract
Two young female dogs were presented with a chronic history of persistent vulvar hemorrhage. Vaginoscopy was ultimately used to locate bleeding vaginal masses near the urethral papilla. In both cases, episiotomy was performed to resect the mass, and hemangioma was diagnosed histologically. These tumors caused persistent vaginal bleeding; they were difficult to diagnose without vaginoscopy and lavage; and surgical excision was curative in at least one case.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18316445/