Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Benign vaginal tumor causing mass in female dog
By N. Timurkaan et al.·2018·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: Vaginal fibroleiomyoma in a cow: a case report.
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Plain-English summary
A 15-year-old female Pomeranian was brought to the vet because of a growth in her vagina that had been there for a year. The vet found three small masses at the vaginal opening, but tests showed they weren't spreading to other parts of her body. After performing a surgical procedure to remove the masses and taking a biopsy, the results confirmed that the growths were benign fibroleiomyomas (a type of non-cancerous tumor). The dog received treatment and was diagnosed with a condition that is not life-threatening.
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Abstract
A 15 year-old, intact female, Pomeranian dog was presented to University Veterinary Hospital (UVH), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with a complaint of vaginal mass growth for the pass one year. Clinical findings of three pedunculated vaginal masses at the vaginal orifice were observed. Radiography findings revealed no metastasis of the lungs while ultrasonography findings revealed the extensiveness of the growth of the vaginal mass was 3.5 cm long. Cytological findings from the vaginal smear showed no characteristics of malignancy of the vaginal cells. Hence, the tentative diagnosis at that time was benign vaginal tumour. Treatment plan was to conduct episiotomy and biopsy of the vaginal mass. Histological examination indicated a fibroleiomyoma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/c29bcd0aff73ea4ed0deace345aa2b0efc777498