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Canine Uterine Leiomyoma with Epithelial Tissue Foci, Adenomyosis, and Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia
Joint Authors
Kaldrymidou, Eleni
Ververidis, Haris N.
Pelekanis, Mihalis
Loukopoulos, Panayiotis
Karagiannis, George S.
Source
Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-07-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
An 11-year-old Labrador Retriever bitch with a history of intermittent, sanguineous vaginal discharge of a six-month duration was presented.
During exploratory laparotomy, two well-delineated, intramural masses were identified bilaterally in the uterine horns.
Histopathologic examination of the mass on the left horn showed that it was a typical leiomyoma.
However, the second mass appeared with an unusual coexistence of histological lesions, involving epithelial tissue foci, mild focal adenomyosis, and cystic endometrial hyperplasia.
Interestingly, such combination was never encountered before in dogs.
Although uterine leiomyoma is quite usual in the reproductive system of female dogs, this case resembled relevant cases of human uterine adenomyomas in morphology, and thus it was offered a similar tentative diagnosis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Karagiannis, George S.& Pelekanis, Mihalis& Loukopoulos, Panayiotis& Ververidis, Haris N.& Kaldrymidou, Eleni. 2011. Canine Uterine Leiomyoma with Epithelial Tissue Foci, Adenomyosis, and Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia. Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Karagiannis, George S.…[et al.]. Canine Uterine Leiomyoma with Epithelial Tissue Foci, Adenomyosis, and Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia. Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Karagiannis, George S.& Pelekanis, Mihalis& Loukopoulos, Panayiotis& Ververidis, Haris N.& Kaldrymidou, Eleni. Canine Uterine Leiomyoma with Epithelial Tissue Foci, Adenomyosis, and Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia. Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-506589