Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Spayed dog with belly pain and lump diagnosed by needle test
By Putwain, Sarah & Archer, Joy·Published in Veterinary clinical pathology·2009·Department of Veterinary Medicine, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: What is your diagnosis? Intra-abdominal mass aspirate from a spayed dog with abdominal pain.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old spayed female Labrador Retriever was brought to the vet because she was unwilling to exercise and showed signs of abdominal pain. An examination revealed a mass in her abdomen, which was confirmed by ultrasound. A fine-needle aspiration of the mass showed signs of chronic inflammation and foreign material, leading to the diagnosis of gossypiboma, which is when a surgical sponge is unintentionally left inside the body. After the mass was surgically removed, the dog was treated and is expected to recover well.
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Abstract
An 8-year-old, spayed female Labrador Retriever was presented for evaluation of unwillingness to exercise. On clinical examination abdominal pain was elicited, and a midabdominal mass was detected in survey radiographs. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of the intra-abdominal mass was done. The cytologic findings indicated chronic granulomatous inflammation with reactive fibroplasia, cholesterol crystals, and extracellular foreign material. The foreign material consisted of opaque, basophilic fragments of uniform width (5-10 mum) and variable length (30-180 microm) and was observed extracellularly and within macrophages. The material was birefringent under polarized light. Histologic examination of the excised mass confirmed the cytologic findings and a diagnosis of gossypiboma (textiloma) was made, consistent with retention of a surgical sponge. This case provides a unique example of the utility of fine-needle aspiration for the diagnosis of gossypiboma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19490572/