A 1-year-old female Labrador retriever was referred with a few days history of haematic-like vulvar discharge. Physical examination, vaginal inspection and palpation did not reveal any remarkable finding. Transabdominal ultrasound showed echogenic fluid accumulation in the vagina suggesting haemato-pyocolpos. An exploratory laparotomy was performed: a well-delimited ectasic vagina was identified. Ovariohysterectomy and partial vaginectomy and vaginoplasty were performed to spay the bitch and to remove the ectasic vagina. Post-operative recovery and 12-month follow-up were uneventful. Clinical, morphological and histological findings were consistent with a congenital abnormality of the muscular layer of the vagina complicated by haemato-pyocolpos. The disorganization of the vaginal tunica muscularis may have acted as locus minoris resistentiae in the vaginal wall. The organ was dilated and atonic due to the gradual accumulation of physiological fluids complicated by an overgrowth of genital bacteria. This congenital disorder has to be taken into account as differential diagnosis of haemato-pyocolpos with vaginal discharge in young bitches.

Congenital abnormality of the vagina complicated by haemato-pyocolpos in a 1-year Labrador Retriever / S. Alonge, S. Romussi, V. Grieco, G.C. Luvoni. - In: REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS. - ISSN 1439-0531. - 50:3(2015 Feb 07), pp. 514-516.

Congenital abnormality of the vagina complicated by haemato-pyocolpos in a 1-year Labrador Retriever

S. Alonge
Primo
;
S. Romussi
Secondo
;
V. Grieco
Penultimo
;
G.C. Luvoni
2015

Abstract

A 1-year-old female Labrador retriever was referred with a few days history of haematic-like vulvar discharge. Physical examination, vaginal inspection and palpation did not reveal any remarkable finding. Transabdominal ultrasound showed echogenic fluid accumulation in the vagina suggesting haemato-pyocolpos. An exploratory laparotomy was performed: a well-delimited ectasic vagina was identified. Ovariohysterectomy and partial vaginectomy and vaginoplasty were performed to spay the bitch and to remove the ectasic vagina. Post-operative recovery and 12-month follow-up were uneventful. Clinical, morphological and histological findings were consistent with a congenital abnormality of the muscular layer of the vagina complicated by haemato-pyocolpos. The disorganization of the vaginal tunica muscularis may have acted as locus minoris resistentiae in the vaginal wall. The organ was dilated and atonic due to the gradual accumulation of physiological fluids complicated by an overgrowth of genital bacteria. This congenital disorder has to be taken into account as differential diagnosis of haemato-pyocolpos with vaginal discharge in young bitches.
bitch; vagina; congenital defect; hemato-pyocolpos
Settore VET/10 - Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologia Veterinaria
Settore VET/09 - Clinica Chirurgica Veterinaria
Settore VET/03 - Patologia Generale e Anatomia Patologica Veterinaria
7-feb-2015
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