Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8483846 | Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine | 2018 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
A 3-year-old, 920Â g intact female guinea pig presented with a 4-month history of nonpruritic hair loss on the ventral abdomen. The physical examination revealed flank and ventral abdominal alopecia, mucoid vulvar discharge, and abdominal distension. Bilateral rounded masses just caudal to the kidneys and structures consistent with enlarged uterine horns were detected on abdominal palpation. Abdominal ultrasound revealed bilateral ovarian cysts, thickened uterine horns, and multiple circular hypoechoic and anechoic structures in the uterine wall. The patient underwent ovariohysterectomy. Gross examination of the uterus revealed a piece of hay in the left uterine horn. A final diagnosis was hormonally active ovarian follicular cysts, cystic endometrial hyperplasia, and purulent bacterial endometritis caused by Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Arthrobacter spp. Cystic endometrial hyperplasia is infrequently reported in guinea pigs, and this report describes an associated bacterial endometritis and uterine foreign body with concurrent ovarian cysts.
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Authors
Silvia DVM, PhD, Michaela DVM, Miša DVM, PhD, Vladimir DVM, PhD, Dip. ECZM (Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery), Zdenek DVM, PhD, Dip. ECZM (Herpetology), Karel DVM, PhD,