IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-ENDOMETRIAL MINERALIZATION IN A DOG

Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2016 Nov;57(6):E67-E70. doi: 10.1111/vru.12381. Epub 2016 Jun 1.

Abstract

A 9-year-old intact female mixed breed dog was presented for mammary gland tumor surgery, and preoperative radiographs showed a tubular soft tissue opacity mass with multifocal mineralization in the caudoventral abdominal cavity. Subsequent ultrasonography demonstrated uterine dilation with echogenic fluid and endometrial acoustic shadowing consistent with mineralization. Resection of mammary gland tumors and ovariohysterectomy were performed. Pyometra was diagnosed on cytologic examination of uterine fluid. Histopathology of the uterine tissue confirmed a diagnosis of cystic endometrial hyperplasia with uterine mineralization.

Keywords: mammary gland tumor; medroxyprogesterone acetate; pyometra; radiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dog Diseases / pathology
  • Dog Diseases / surgery
  • Dogs
  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / diagnosis
  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / surgery
  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / veterinary
  • Female
  • Hysterectomy / veterinary
  • Ovariectomy / veterinary
  • Pyometra / diagnostic imaging
  • Pyometra / veterinary*