Ovarian dysgerminoma with retroperitoneal metastases in a bitch: a case report

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A four-year old, 26.5 kg, Boxer bitch was presented to the Department of Reproduction in the Clinic of Dogs and Cats with a six month history of vulvar swelling and vaginal discharge. General gynaecological examination showed an extremely swollen, oedematous and tough-elastic highly irritable vulva. A vaginal smear revealed the presence of superficial cells and red blood cells. After repeated unsuccesful administrations of HCG and GnRH the owner of the bitch agreed to surgical treatment. An ovariohysterectomy was performed and on the left ovary a grapefruit-size structure was found. Three nodular structures were found retroperitoneally and were also dissected. Histological examination showed a disgerminoma in metastasises, mitotically active with a bad prognosis. However, at a check up twenty months subsequently the patient was still alive. … celý popis

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Hlavní autor

Robert Novotný

Další autoři

Roman Vitásek
Alena Bartošková

Typ dokumentu

Články

Fyzický popis

6 il.

Publikováno v

Veterinární medicína. -- ISSN 0375-8427. -- Roč. 56, č. 3 (2011), s. 140-144

Témata

PET ANIMALS

DOGS

FEMALES

FEMALE GENITAL DISEASES

OVARIES

NEOPLASMS

SYMPTOMS

ECHOGRAPHY

RADIOGRAPHY

CYTOLOGY

DRUG THERAPY

GONADOTROPINS

GNRH

SURGICAL OPERATIONS

OVARIECTOMY

HYSTERECTOMY

SURVIVAL

choriogonadotropin

HCG

metastázy

domácí zvířata

psi

samice

choroby samičího pohlavního systému

vaječníky

neoplazmy

symptomy

echografie

radiografie

cytologie

terapie

léčba léky

gonadotropiny

GnRH

chirurgické operace

ovariektomie

hysterektomie

přežití

Popis jednotky

1 čb. a 4 barev. fot., 1 tabulka

Bibliografie

Literatura na s. 143-144