Long-retained vaginal foreign body causing chronic vaginitis in a bulldog

J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2010 Jan-Feb;46(1):56-60. doi: 10.5326/0460056.

Abstract

A vaginal foreign body consisting of a piece of retained calvarium from a macerated fetus was identified and removed using vaginoscopy in a 4-year-old, spayed female bulldog. The dog had a 12-month history of chronic mucopurulent vaginitis. Vaginal foreign bodies, although uncommon, are a differential diagnosis for recurrent mucopurulent or hemorrhagic chronic vaginal discharge. A case of chronic vaginitis caused by a long-retained intravaginal foreign body in a dog is described and compared to four other canine cases reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Dog Diseases / surgery
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Foreign Bodies / veterinary*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vagina / pathology*
  • Vaginal Discharge / diagnosis
  • Vaginal Discharge / etiology
  • Vaginal Discharge / veterinary
  • Vaginitis / diagnosis
  • Vaginitis / etiology
  • Vaginitis / surgery
  • Vaginitis / veterinary*