A six-year-old intact female Lagotto Romagnolo was referred with a two-day history of purulent vulvar discharge associated with fever, lethargy, polyuria, polydipsia and signs of abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a grass awn foreign body in the vaginal fornix. Culture swabs obtained from the vagina revealed the presence of Staphylococcus epidermidis as the preponderant organism. Ovariohysterectomy was performed, and the presence of the grass awn was confirmed. A chronic-active vaginitis was found at histological examination. The dog recovered with resolution of all clinical signs. Differential diagnoses for acute vulvar discharge in bitches should include retention of vaginal foreign bodies. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a grass awn foreign body in the vaginal fornix of a dog.

A vaginal fornix foreign body in a bitch: a case report / Fabbi, Martina; Manfredi, Sabrina; DI IANNI, Francesco; Bresciani, Carla; Cantoni, Anna Maria; Gnudi, Giacomo; Bigliardi, Enrico. - In: VETERINARNI MEDICINA. - ISSN 0375-8427. - 59:9(2014), pp. 457-460.

A vaginal fornix foreign body in a bitch: a case report

FABBI, Martina;MANFREDI, Sabrina;DI IANNI, Francesco;BRESCIANI, Carla;CANTONI, Anna Maria;GNUDI, Giacomo;BIGLIARDI, Enrico
2014-01-01

Abstract

A six-year-old intact female Lagotto Romagnolo was referred with a two-day history of purulent vulvar discharge associated with fever, lethargy, polyuria, polydipsia and signs of abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a grass awn foreign body in the vaginal fornix. Culture swabs obtained from the vagina revealed the presence of Staphylococcus epidermidis as the preponderant organism. Ovariohysterectomy was performed, and the presence of the grass awn was confirmed. A chronic-active vaginitis was found at histological examination. The dog recovered with resolution of all clinical signs. Differential diagnoses for acute vulvar discharge in bitches should include retention of vaginal foreign bodies. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a grass awn foreign body in the vaginal fornix of a dog.
2014
A vaginal fornix foreign body in a bitch: a case report / Fabbi, Martina; Manfredi, Sabrina; DI IANNI, Francesco; Bresciani, Carla; Cantoni, Anna Maria; Gnudi, Giacomo; Bigliardi, Enrico. - In: VETERINARNI MEDICINA. - ISSN 0375-8427. - 59:9(2014), pp. 457-460.
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11381/2774134
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 4
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 5
social impact