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Uterine Torsion Associated with Hydrometra and Pyometra in a Domestic Rabbit  

Na, Sanggi (Pangyo Animal Hospital)
Choi, Jihye (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.31, no.6, 2014 , pp. 544-546 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 1.5-year-old, female domestic rabbit was diagnosed with uterine torsion accompanying hydrometra of the right uterine horn and pyometra of the left horn. The exploratory laparotomy revealed the torsion of bilateral uterine horns in the region of the uterine cervix. No growth was detected in fluid collected from the right horn of the uterus; however, Gram-positive micrococcus and bacilli were cultured from the left horn. The pathophysiology of the simultaneous occurrence of these disorders was suspected considering that abdominal distension progressed over 4 months and the rabbit's condition deteriorated abruptly within 2 days, hydrometra was the initial disease and then infection to the left uterine horn and torsion developed later due to the large volume of fluid within the uterus. This report is the first case showing uterine torsion accompanying hydrometra and pyometra in each uterine horn.
Keywords
rabbit; uterine torsion; hydrometra; pyometra;
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